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Comparing disease resistance of local and international plum cultivars (Prunus domestica) from Eastern Transylvania, Romania

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Assessments were carried out to evaluate disease susceptibility in two local and three internationally recognised plum cultivars (‘D’Agen’, ‘Stanley’ and ‘Tuleu gras’). The following pathogens were evaluated weekly: plum pox virus (PPV), funguses blackthorn dotty (Polystigma rubrum), red rust (Tranzscheila spp.), shot-hole disease (Stigmina carpophila) and blossom blight (Monilinia laxa). According to the results, one of the local cultivars assessed (Local 2) presented virtually no virus infestation even under high mealy plum aphid (Hyalopterus pruni) density. Therefore, this cultivar can be considered PPV resistant. Local cultivar 1 also presented very low susceptibility to shot hole and blossom blight. Both may be promising genetic sources in breeding programmes against pathogens.

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Authors are grateful for local people who made the assessments possible. We are also grateful to David Speight at Transenglish for linguistic corrections of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Sapientia University, Sighisoara Str. 1/C, Tirgu-Mures, Romania

    János Bálint, Attila-Károly Szabó, Barna Tófalvi & Adalbert Balog

  2. Doctoral School in Plant Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Science, Szent István University of Gödöllő, Páter Károly 1, Budapest, Hungary

    Attila-Károly Szabó & Adalbert Balog

  3. Department of Environmental and Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Mănăştur 3-5, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Carmen Puia

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Bálint, J., Szabó, AK., Tófalvi, B. et al. Comparing disease resistance of local and international plum cultivars (Prunus domestica) from Eastern Transylvania, Romania. J Plant Dis Prot 123, 317–320 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-016-0048-6

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