Real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) has emerged as an accurate and widely
used technique for expression profiling of selected genes. However, obtaining reliable …

Key message Review on citrus reproduction. Abstract Citrus is one of the most important and
widely grown fruit crops. It possesses several special reproductive characteristics, such as …

Self-incompatibility in Citrus species is an important trait related to fruit set and seed
formation. In particular, self-incompatible citrus varieties combined with sufficient …

RNase T2 enzymes are conserved in most eukaryotic genomes, and expression patterns
and phylogenetic analyses suggest that they may carry out an important housekee** role …

The highly-demanded commercial citrus fruits of family Rutaceae arose primarily through
sexual hybridization between the four ancestral taxa generating a range of nothospecies …

Seedlessness is a desirable character in lemons and other citrus species. Seedless fruit can
be induced in many ways, including through self-incompatibility (SI). SI is widely used as an …

One of the key environmental factors affecting plant reproductive systems is temperature.
Characterising such effects is especially relevant for some commercially important genera …

S-RNase-based self-incompatibility is found in Solanaceae, Rosaceae, and
Scrophulariaceae, and is the most widespread mechanism that prevents self-fertilization in …

Background Reproductive biology in citrus is still poorly understood. Although in recent
years several efforts have been made to study pollen-pistil interaction and self …

S-ribonuclease (S-RNase)-based self-incompatibility (SI) mechanisms have been
extensively studied in Solanaceae, Rosaceae and Plantaginaceae. S-RNase-based SI is …