New Promising Citrus Triploid Hybrids Selected from Crosses between Monoembryonic Diploid Female and Tetraploid Male Parents
New Promising Citrus Triploid Hybrids Selected from Crosses between Monoembryonic Diploid Female and Tetraploid Male Parents
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DOI:
10.21273/hortsci.40.3.516
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发表时间:
2005-06
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影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
G. R. Recupero;G. Russo;S. Recupero
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作者:
G. R. Recupero;G. Russo;S. Recupero
The breeding of citrus triploid hybrids started at Istituto Sperimentale per l'Agrumicoltura spell out in Acireale, Italy, in 1978 (Starrantino and Reforgiato, 1981). The strategy used has been to cross a monoembryonic 2x female parent with a 4x male parent. The imbalance between the embryo and endosperm ploidy (3:4) makes seeds from such crossings incapable of germinating in vivo. However, in vitro cultivation has been used to rescue the embryos. In this paper we report the main characteristics of triploid hybrids from 22 different parents, including sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck), mandarin (C. reticulata Blanco), clementine (C. reticulata Blanco), grapefruit (C. paradisi Macf.), pummelo (C.maxima ), tangor (C. reticulata × C. sinensis), lemon (C. limon (L.) Burm. f.), citron (C. medica L.), and Fortunella hindsii (Champ.) Swing. Tetraploid par- ents are duplex because they originate from the doubling of chromosome number of the nucella or of other somatic tissues. The segregation and recombination process results in triploid hybrids with characteristics that are nearer to the 4x parent than the 2x one. This strategy is important in obtaining seedless hybrids similar to a parent after genera- tions of backcrossing. Over the last few years the citrus market worldwide has required easy peeling and seedless citrus fruit. Many cultivated variet- ies of orange, clementine and grapefruit are seedless, whereas the number of seeds in mandarin and mandarin-like fruit often makes them less consumer friendly. Many breeding programmes have isolated mandarin diploid hybrids possessing good characteristics, but the fact they are not seedless has jeopardised their market potential. Recently the popular- ity of 'Avana' mandarin and the 'Monreal' clementine in the Italian citrus industry has progressively declined as a consequence of the seedless clementine selections ('Comune', 'Nules', 'Oroval', 'Oronules', 'Hernandina', etc.). Seedlessness in 2x Citrus is related to male or female gametophyte sterility, self-