Efficient method for generating citrus hybrids with polyembryonic Satsuma mandarin as the female parent.

ABSTRACT: Many citrus fruits have polyembryonic traits, and their seeds contain many nucellar embryos along with a single zygotic embryo, affecting the crossbreeding process. Generally, nucellar embryos are considered to have more vigorous growth than zygotic embryos. Therefore, the in vitro method using an embryo rescue culture is often chosen to obtain zygotic embryo-derived individuals. Nevertheless, hybrids can be obtained with a certain probability from the seeds sown in the soil. The in-soil method, which sows seeds in the soil, has distinct advantages over the in vitro method, including lower cost and simpler technology. However, the efficiency of obtaining hybrids from these methods has not been compared in detail. The current study evaluates the effectiveness of these methods for obtaining

SUBMITTER: Noda T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10248698 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature