Article
Regeneration and characterization of somatic hybrid plants of Citrus sinensis (sweet orange) and Citrus micrantha, a progenitor species of lime.
2004-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Most commercial citrus fruit species and cultivars are inter- and intra-specific hybrids. Conventional hybridization in citrus is largely handicapped by apomixis and long juvenility. As an alternative, somatic hybridization via protoplast fusion has been employed to create novel citrus germplasm. Witches' broom disease of lime (WBDL) emerged in Oman during the 1970s, which has been spreading to the neighborin...
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- a8394cf3-25c4-5bda-8c25-5bfc9ba4299e
- DOI
- 10.1023/b:euph.0000041591.65333.3c
