Development, Management and Utilization of a Kiwifruit (<i>Actinidia</i> spp.) In Vitro Collection: A New Zealand Perspective.

ABSTRACT: The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (PFR) supports a large kiwifruit breeding program that includes more than twenty Actinidia species. Almost all the kiwifruit accessions are held as field collections across a range of locations, though not all plants are at multiple locations. An in vitro collection of kiwifruit in New Zealand was established upon the arrival of Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinadiae-biovar 3 in 2010. The value of an in vitro collection has been emphasized by restrictions on importation of new plants into New Zealand and increasing awareness of the array of biotic and abiotic threats to field collections. The PFR in vitro collection currently holds about 450 genotypes from various species, mostly A. chinensis var. chi

SUBMITTER: Nadarajan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10222645 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature