"Maladie des feuilles cassantes" or brittle leaf disease of date palms in Tunisia: Biotic or abiotic disease?

“Brittle leaf disease of date palms”, known in southern Tunisia since the 1960s, has assumed epidemic proportions from 1986 on. The symptoms are associated with manganese deficiency and the presence of a small double stranded RNA of host origin. Even though no pathogen has yet been found, some ob...

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Autores principales: Triki, M. A., Zouba, Anis, Khoualdia, O., Ben Mahamoud, O., Takrouni, M. L., Garnier, Monique, Bove, J. M., Montarone, M., Poupet, A., Flores, R., Daros, José A., Fadda, Z., Moreno, Pedro, Durán-Vila, Núria
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4613
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author Triki, M. A.
Zouba, Anis
Khoualdia, O.
Ben Mahamoud, O.
Takrouni, M. L.
Garnier, Monique
Bove, J. M.
Montarone, M.
Poupet, A.
Flores, R.
Daros, José A.
Fadda, Z.
Moreno, Pedro
Durán-Vila, Núria
author_browse Ben Mahamoud, O.
Bove, J. M.
Daros, José A.
Durán-Vila, Núria
Fadda, Z.
Flores, R.
Garnier, Monique
Khoualdia, O.
Montarone, M.
Moreno, Pedro
Poupet, A.
Takrouni, M. L.
Triki, M. A.
Zouba, Anis
author_facet Triki, M. A.
Zouba, Anis
Khoualdia, O.
Ben Mahamoud, O.
Takrouni, M. L.
Garnier, Monique
Bove, J. M.
Montarone, M.
Poupet, A.
Flores, R.
Daros, José A.
Fadda, Z.
Moreno, Pedro
Durán-Vila, Núria
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description “Brittle leaf disease of date palms”, known in southern Tunisia since the 1960s, has assumed epidemic proportions from 1986 on. The symptoms are associated with manganese deficiency and the presence of a small double stranded RNA of host origin. Even though no pathogen has yet been found, some observations do not fit a purely abiotic cause of the disease. In particular, affected trees seem to cluster into foci, and mineral analyses show no significant differences between the soils of affected and unaffected trees. Further work is required to understand the etiology of the disease.
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spelling ReDivia46132025-04-25T14:44:00Z "Maladie des feuilles cassantes" or brittle leaf disease of date palms in Tunisia: Biotic or abiotic disease? Triki, M. A. Zouba, Anis Khoualdia, O. Ben Mahamoud, O. Takrouni, M. L. Garnier, Monique Bove, J. M. Montarone, M. Poupet, A. Flores, R. Daros, José A. Fadda, Z. Moreno, Pedro Durán-Vila, Núria “Brittle leaf disease of date palms”, known in southern Tunisia since the 1960s, has assumed epidemic proportions from 1986 on. The symptoms are associated with manganese deficiency and the presence of a small double stranded RNA of host origin. Even though no pathogen has yet been found, some observations do not fit a purely abiotic cause of the disease. In particular, affected trees seem to cluster into foci, and mineral analyses show no significant differences between the soils of affected and unaffected trees. Further work is required to understand the etiology of the disease. 2017-06-01T10:10:33Z 2017-06-01T10:10:33Z 2003 JUL 2003 article Triki, M.A., Zouba, A., Khoualdia, O., Ben Mahamoud, O., Takrouni, M.L., Garnier, M., Bove, J.M., Montarone, M., Poupet, A., Flores, R., Daros, J.A., Fadda, Z. G. N., Moreno, P., Duran-Vila, N. (2003). "Maladie des feuilles cassantes" or brittle leaf disease of date palms in Tunisia: Biotic or abiotic disease?. Journal of Plant Pathology, 85(2), 71-79. 1125-4653 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4613 en openAccess Impreso
spellingShingle Triki, M. A.
Zouba, Anis
Khoualdia, O.
Ben Mahamoud, O.
Takrouni, M. L.
Garnier, Monique
Bove, J. M.
Montarone, M.
Poupet, A.
Flores, R.
Daros, José A.
Fadda, Z.
Moreno, Pedro
Durán-Vila, Núria
"Maladie des feuilles cassantes" or brittle leaf disease of date palms in Tunisia: Biotic or abiotic disease?
title "Maladie des feuilles cassantes" or brittle leaf disease of date palms in Tunisia: Biotic or abiotic disease?
title_full "Maladie des feuilles cassantes" or brittle leaf disease of date palms in Tunisia: Biotic or abiotic disease?
title_fullStr "Maladie des feuilles cassantes" or brittle leaf disease of date palms in Tunisia: Biotic or abiotic disease?
title_full_unstemmed "Maladie des feuilles cassantes" or brittle leaf disease of date palms in Tunisia: Biotic or abiotic disease?
title_short "Maladie des feuilles cassantes" or brittle leaf disease of date palms in Tunisia: Biotic or abiotic disease?
title_sort maladie des feuilles cassantes or brittle leaf disease of date palms in tunisia biotic or abiotic disease
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4613
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