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Testing the potential significance of different scion/rootstock genotype combinations on the ecology of old cultivated olive trees in the southeast Mediterranean area.
BMC ecology - 6 Feb 2017
Barazani Oz, Waitz Yoni, Tugendhaft Yizhar, Dorman Michael, Dag Arnon, Hamidat Mohammed, Hijawi Thameen, Kerem Zohar, Westberg Erik, Kadereit Joachim W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A previous multi-locus lineage (MLL) analysis of SSR-microsatellite data of old olive trees in the southeast Mediterranean area had shown the predominance of the Souri cultivar (MLL1) among grafted trees. The MLL analysis had also identified an MLL (MLL7) that was more common among rootstocks than other MLLs. We here present a comparison of the MLL combinations MLL1 (scion)/MLL7 (rootstock) and...
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