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Post by ilya11 on Aug 11, 2020 10:15:44 GMT -5
In a spring 2015 I pollinated 5 star citrumelo flowers with pollen of extremely fragrant Yuzu variety from Yalta, Crimea. I still have around a hundred of hybrid seedlings, survived in a ground for four years. One of them is showing a variegated pattern that is not disappearing with time.
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Post by Laaz on Aug 11, 2020 10:34:07 GMT -5
Very nice!
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Post by millet on Aug 11, 2020 14:08:51 GMT -5
An unusual variegation pattern, along the lines of a virus. Ilya I bet your excited, I know I would be.
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Post by ilya11 on Aug 11, 2020 16:57:08 GMT -5
I germinated probably few thousands of citrus seedlings , but this is my first long lasting variegated one.
Do you think it is caused by some sort of virus? |
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Post by millet on Aug 11, 2020 19:31:50 GMT -5
ilya, I have no idea the cause of the variegation. It just has that look. It could just be true variegation.
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Post by ilya11 on Aug 12, 2020 12:58:10 GMT -5
I do not have any variegated citrus and live in area where citrus plants are uncommon. So I do not understand how the virus could be transmitted. Also, it is a seedling , not grafted plant.
Could be some genetic instability since some Yuzu related varieties as well as grapefruit were shown to posses recessive albino genes as well as their modificators.
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kumin
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Post by kumin on Aug 12, 2020 20:04:43 GMT -5
Perhaps you can test this plant by grafting on another non- variegated tree's branch. If the rest of the tree develops variegation = virus. If the rest the tree remains unaffected, not likely to be a virus.
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Post by Laaz on Aug 12, 2020 21:41:57 GMT -5
I really doubt it is a virus.
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Post by ilya11 on Aug 13, 2020 2:37:28 GMT -5
yes, it is a good idea to graft it on healthy rootstock
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