Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology

Author： Khan   I.A.  

Publisher： CABI Publishing‎

Publication year： 2007

E-ISBN: 9781845931933

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780851990194

Subject： S6 Gardening

Keyword： Horticulture

Language： ENG

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Description

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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Contents

Contributors

Preface

1 Citrus Breeding

2 A Comprehesive Citrus Genetic Improvement Programme

3 Origin and Taxonomy

4 Citrus Germplasm Resources

5 Nuceller Embryony

6 Cytogenetics

7 Haploidy

8 Seedlessness and Ploidy Manipulations

9 Somaclonal Variation in Sweet Orange

10 Somatic Hybridization

11 Microprotoplast-mediated Chromosome Transfer and its Potential for Citrus Breeding

12 Mapping and Marker-assisted Selection

13 Cloning and Characterization of Disease Resistance Genes

14 Genetic Transformation of Citrus for Pathogen Resistance

15 Genetic Transformation

16 Mutation Breeding

17 Shoot-tip Grafting In vitro

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