Citrus genetics, breeding and biotechnology /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Citrus > Genetics.; Citrus > Breeding.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Biotechnology (General), (Revised June 2002); Citrus.; Biotechnology.; Plant breeding.; Plant breeding methods.; Electronic books.
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This book is intended to provide consolidated information on citrus breeding in the era of biotechnology, which is likely to hasten the pace of variety development aimed at resolving the problems faced by grove owners growing currently available cultivars. The subjects covered are focused on citrus...

Table of Contents:

• Citrus breeding / I.A. Khan and W.J. Kender
• A comprehesive citrus genetic improvement program / F.G. Gmitter Jr, J.W. Grosser, W.S. Castle and G.A. Moore
• Origin and taxonomy / E. Nicolosi
• Citrus germplasm resource / R.R. Krueger and L. Navarro
• Nuceller embryony / J.L. Kepiro and M.L. Roose
• Cytogenetics / M.J. Jaskani, M. Omura and I.A. Khan
• Haploidy / M. A. Germanà
• Seedlessness and ploidy manipulations / P. Ollitrault, F. Luro and M. Yamamoto
• Somaclonal variation in sweet orange / J.W. Grosser, X.X. Deng and R.M. Goodrich
• Somatic hybridization / P. Ollitrault, W. Guo and J.W. Grooser
• Microprotoplast-mediated chromosome transfer and its potential for citrus breeding / E.S. Louzada
• Mapping and marker-assisted selection / M.L. Roose
• Cloning and characterization of disease resistant genes / F.G. Gmitter Jr, Z. Deng and C. Chen
• Genetic transformation of citrus for pathogen resistance / V.J. Febres, R.F. Lee and G.A. Moore
• Genetic transformation / L. Peña, M. Cervera, R. Ghorbel, A. Domínguez, C. Fagoaga, J. Juárez, J.A. Pina and L. Navarro
• Mutation breeding / M.L. Roose and T.E. Williams
• Shooting-tip grafting in vitro / L. Navarro and J. Juárez.