Influencia del virus de la tristeza de los cítricos (CTV) en el comportamiento de la lima ácida Tahití (Citrus latifolia Tanaka) injertada sobre seis patrones en el piedemonte llanero de Colombia (1997 - 2008) Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) influence on the behavior of Tahiti lime ( Citrus latifolia Tanaka) grafted on six rootstocks in the plain piedmont of Colombia (1997-2008)

Tahiti lime, Citrus latifolia Tanaka (Rutaceae), is susceptible to Citrus Tristeza Virus (CTV), and if affected, decreases the profitability of the crop. In the well-drained high terrace of the Meta piedmont, the influence of the virus attack was evaluated on the performance of Tahiti lime grafted on six rootstocks (Carrizo; Sunki × English; Sunki × Jacobson; Pomeroy; Rubidoux, y Kryder 15-3) on a completely randomized experiment design taking each tree as an experimental unit. A comparison of means and inferential statistic were used for: plant height, height and canopy diameter; canopy volume, yield and severity of CTV. All rootstocks showed homogenous height. Carrizo was the exception with less size and canopy volume. The highest accumulated fruit yield (Kg/tree) was obtained by Sunki x English, followed by Rubidoux and the lowest yield was obtained by Carrizo. The highest yield efficiency of average canopy volume was obtained with Sunki x Jacobson. The Tahiti lime yield and morphological development fell in the seventh year (2007) in all rootstocks, due to an infection caused by a mix of isolates of CTV type Madeira and type B128, isolates which cause stem channeling: type B31 which causes moderate stem channeling and B7 and VT isolate.