Conserving Citrus Diversity: From Vavilov's Early Explorations to Genebanks around the World.

ABSTRACT: Citrus is among the most economically important fruit crops. Its vast species diversity and global production was observed by N.I. Vavilov during his international plant explorations from the early to mid-1900s. Currently, ex situ citrus collections located around the world conserve and protect citrus genetic resources, as revealed in a survey conducted in 2021. Responses were received from 43 collections in 27 countries, of which 35 provided data regarding collection composition, management practices, and security, as well as other information. The six largest citrus collections have between 1000 and 1735 accessions. The largest accession holdings are mandarins and sweet oranges, although all citrus fruit types are maintained: mandarin, sweet orange, lemon, pummelo, grapefruit, hybrids, l

SUBMITTER: Volk GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9964561 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature