Journal Article

Editorial: Identification, development and use of rootstocks to improve pest and disease resistance of vegetable crops

Thies, Judy A., Panthee, Dilip R.

2023

Overview

Grafting susceptible crop plants on disease and pest-resistant rootstocks is a valuable management practice for reducing damage caused by plant-parasitic nematodes and plant pathogens in vegetable and fruit tree crops worldwide. By combining pedigree-based genetic information with quantitative phenotypic data, it would be easier to identify and select rootstocks with superior trait combinations needed for rootstock development using marker-assisted-selection, enabling rapid selection of successive-generation rootstocks with the desirable trait combinations for development of marketable rootstocks. [...]when a susceptible scion is grafted on a rootstock with low susceptibility, the rootstock susceptibility may be increased. [...]it is important to evaluate each scion/rootstock combination and not rely on rootstock performance alone since there may be unexpected scion/rootstock interactions. Conflict of interest The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

• Publisher: Frontiers Media SA,Frontiers Media S.A
• Subject: Agricultural production / breeding for resistance / Citrus fruits / Conflicts of interest / Crop diseases / Crops / Cultivars / Disease resistance / disease resistant rootstocks / Fruit trees / Genome editing / grafting fruit tree crops / grafting vegetable crops / nematode resistant rootstocks / Nematodes / Parasitic diseases / Pesticides / Pests / Plant diseases / Plant Science / Plants (botany) / Rootstocks / scion-rootstock interactions / Tree crops / Vegetables