Limeira ácida 'Galegão': opção às limeiras ácidas 'Galego' e 'Tahiti' na diversificação de pomares (original) (raw)
The commercial cultivation of the ‘Galego’ Mexican lime has important limitations related to high susceptibility to citrus canker and especially to tristeza (Citrus tristeza virus CTV). Its main rootstock is the Rangpur lime, with which it forms a scion/rootstock combination highly susceptible to CTV and gummosis-of-Phytophthora. The fruits of ‘Galego’ have smaller size and presence of seeds, traits that disfavor it for fresh fruit market when compared to the ‘Tahiti’ Persian lime. The selection of new varieties of ‘Galego’ and their rootstocks is desirable to promote the use of this acid lime, expanding the available options for the consumer market. The Galegão variety, also known as Malay lemon, was studied and showed good results in Jaboticabal-SP. Two experiments were carried out in Bebedouro, São Paulo, aiming its horticultural performance evaluation in combination with different rootstocks. The cultivar has good horticultural performance, and can be recommended for São Paulo c...
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