Porta-enxerto BRS Sunki Tropical
Rootstock BRS Sunki Tropical
Photo: CUNHA, Léa
BRS Sunki Tropical is recommended for use as a rootstock in combination with sweet orange, tangerine and pomelo scions, promoting high vigor and good fruit productivity.
It induces beneficial effects against the main problems of citriculture, being tolerant to the tristeza virus, decline, sudden death and salinity, besides being more resistant to gummosis than common Sunki mandarin. The BRS Sunki Tropical cultivar is an improved selection of Sunki mandarin obtained by Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura, originally known as BRS CNPMF Tropical (Citrus sunki (Hayata) hort. ex Tanaka).
HIGHLIGHTS
- Improved selection of 'Sunki' mandarin used as citrus rootstock;
- Recommended for use in combinations with sweet oranges, tangerines and pomelos;
- The BRS Sunki Tropical gives the plants high vigor, good fruit quality and productivity.
- The cultivar induces beneficial effects against the main problems of citrus, such as tristeza virus, decline, sudden death, salinity and gummosis; the latter in higher levels in comparison to Sunki mandarin.
Where to find:
Essa cultivar é de domínio público e a Embrapa não controla a produção de sementes e mudas realizada por terceiros.
Product: Cultivar Launch year: 2003
Country: Brazil Region: Central-West, Northeast, Southeast State: Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina Biome: Amazon Rainforest, Cerrado, Atlantic Rainforest, Caatinga, Pampa
Responsible Unit: Embrapa Cassava & Fruits
Keywords: Porta-enxerto, citros, Resistência às doenças, Eficiência produtiva, Laranja
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