ROOTSTOCKS FOR ‘TAHITI ’ LIME

ABSTRACT: The ‘Tahiti ’ lime (Citrus latifolia Tanaka) is an important commercial citrus cultivar in Brazil. ‘Rangpur ’ lime has being used as its main rootstock, but it is susceptible to root rot caused by Phytophthora, reducing tree longevity. An experiment was set up in a randomized block design, with three trees per plot of each rootstock and four replicates, and run for 12 years, aiming to compare the performance of ‘IAC-5 Tahiti ’ lime, budded on ‘Rangpur ’ lime (Citrus limonia Osb.); ‘C-13 ’ citrange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.