The Effect of Rotating Apple Rootstock Genotypes on Apple Replant Disease and Rhizosphere Microbiome

Continuous plantation of apple trees (Malus pumila) at the same sites where the same or a closely related species were grown previously leads to poor establishment, reduced growth vigor, and subsequent crop losses; this phenomenon is termed apple replant disease (ARD). Management of ARD is a continu...

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Main Authors: Greg Deakin, Felicidad Fernández-Fernández, Julie Bennett, Tom Passey, Nicola Harrison, Emma L. Tilston, Xiangming Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The American Phytopathological Society 2019-09-01
Series:Phytobiomes Journal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-03-19-0018-R