Advances in Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics of Citrus
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 5030
Special Issue Editors
Interests: citrus; plant breeding; plant genetics; genotyping; plant physiology; phylogenetics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In tree crops, conventional breeding by sexual hybridization is challenging. In citrus, this process is hampered by the complex genetics and reproductive biology of the citrus (apomixis, partial pollen and/or ovule sterility, cross- and self-incompatibility and high heterozygosity). Moreover, citrus have a long juvenile phase, which delays the production of fruit by several years. Despite these limitations, very important advances in releasing new varieties adapted to new market demands have been achieved, together with new rootstocks that are resistant or tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses, adapted to different soil conditions and to modern cultivation techniques. The development of molecular markers, the availability of a reference genetic map, and the advances in biotechnological tools and the complete genome sequence of several citrus species have enabled the acceleration of key studies, such as germplasm characterization, marker-assisted selection or gene function discovery and variety improvement.
Due to climate change, new market demands and new emerging diseases are adding constraints to plant breeding; therefore, researchers must continuously work to overcome the new challenges and contribute to gaining new knowledge in this area. Researchers perform many techniques to accomplish these objectives, such as mutation breeding, sexual hybridization, ploidy manipulation, molecular breeding, QTLs and association genetics, genomic and biotechnology tools or novel phenotyping techniques.
Conventional and novel research approaches to scion and rootstock improvement, together with reviews, will be welcomed. This Special Issue will provide updates on the most recent advances in these topics, which are aiding in building the citrus industry of the 21st century.
Dr. Franck Curk
Dr. Garcia-Lor Andres
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- germplasm
- fruit quality
- scion
- rootstock
- hybridization
- mapping
- MAS
- mutation
- polyploidy
