Citrus Genetics, Breeding And Biotechnology (cabi)

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This multi-authored book provides a comprehensive review of citrus breeding, including relevant genetics, molecular biology and biotechnology. Topics discussed include origin and Taxonomy, hybridization and see procedures, triploid breeding, mutation breeding, selection for fruit traits, tree characters and disease resistant, rootstock breeding, soil adaptation, nucellar embryony, cytogenetics, mapping, gene cloning, chromosome transfer technology, haploidy, flow cytometry and somaclonal variation.

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Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology This page intentionally left blank Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology Edited by Iqrar Ahmad Khan CABI is a trading name of CAB International CABI Head Office Nosworthy Way Wallingford Oxfordshire OX10 8DE UK Tel: +44 (0)1491 832111 Fax: +44 (0)1491 833508 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cabi.org CABI North American Office 875 Massachusetts Avenue 7th Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Tel: +1 617 395 4056 Fax: +1 617 354 6875 E-mail: [email protected] © CAB International 2007. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library, London, UK. A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. ISBN-13: 978 0 85199 019 4 Typeset by MRM Graphics Ltd, Winslow, Bucks. Printed and bound in the UK by Biddles Ltd, Kings Lynn. Contents Contributors Preface vii ix 1 Citrus Breeding I.A. Khan and W.J. Kender 1 2 A Comprehesive Citrus Genetic Improvement Programme F. G. Gmitter Jr, J.W. Grosser, W.S. Castle and G.A. Moore 9 3 Origin and Taxonomy E. Nicolosi 19 4 Citrus Germplasm Resources R.R. Krueger and L. Navarro 45 5 Nuceller Embryony J.L. Kepiro and M.L. Roose 141 6 Cytogenetics M.J. Jaskani, M. Omura and I.A. Khan 151 7 Haploidy M. A. Germanà 167 8 Seedlessness and Ploidy Manipulations P. Ollitrault, F. Luro and M. Yamamoto 197 9 Somaclonal Variation in Sweet Orange J.W. Grosser, X.X. Deng and R.M. Goodrich 219 Somatic Hybridization P. Ollitrault, W. Guo and J.W. Grosser 235 10 v vi 11 Contents Microprotoplast-mediated Chromosome Transfer and its Potential for Citrus Breeding E.S. Louzada 261 12 Mapping and Marker-assisted Selection M.L. Roose 275 13 Cloning and Characterization of Disease Resistance Genes F.G. Gmitter Jr, Z. Deng and C. Chen 287 14 Genetic Transformation of Citrus for Pathogen Resistance V.J. Febres, R.F. Lee and G.A. Moore 307 15 Genetic Transformation 329 L. Peña, M. Cervera, R. Ghorbel, A. Domínguez, C. Fagoaga, J. Juárez, J.A. Pina and L. Navarro 16 Mutation Breeding M.L. Roose and T.E. Williams 345 17 Shoot-tip Grafting In vitro L. Navarro and J. Juárez 353 Index 365 Contributors Castle W. S., University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, FL 33850, USA Cervera M., Departamento Prot
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