New plant breeding techniques in citrus for the improvement of important agronomic traits. A Review

F Salonia, A Ciacciulli, L Poles… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
New plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) aim to overcome traditional breeding limits for fruit
tree species, in order to obtain new varieties with improved organoleptic traits and …

Recent advances of in vitro culture for the application of new breeding techniques in citrus

L Poles, C Licciardello, G Distefano, E Nicolosi… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Citrus is one of the most important fruit crops in the world. This review will discuss the recent
findings related to citrus transformation and regeneration protocols of juvenile and adult …

A dual sgRNA-directed CRISPR/Cas9 construct for editing the fruit-specific β-cyclase 2 gene in pigmented citrus fruits

F Salonia, A Ciacciulli, HD Pappalardo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing is a modern biotechnological approach used to improve
plant varieties, modifying only one or a few traits of a specific variety. However, this …

Terpene down-regulation in orange reveals the role of fruit aromas in mediating interactions with insect herbivores and pathogens

A Rodriguez, V San Andrés, M Cervera… - Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Plants use volatile terpene compounds as odor cues for communicating with the
environment. Fleshy fruits are particularly rich in volatiles that deter herbivores and attract …

High-efficiency Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of citrus via sonication and vacuum infiltration

MLP de Oliveira, VJ Febres, MGC Costa, GA Moore… - Plant Cell Reports, 2009 - Springer
An improved method for the Agrobacterium infiltration of epicotyl segments of
'Pineapple'sweet orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck] and 'Swingle'citrumelo [Citrus paradisi …

Engineered Orange Ectopically Expressing the Arabidopsis β-Caryophyllene Synthase Is Not Attractive to Diaphorina citri, the Vector of the Bacterial Pathogen …

B Alquézar, HXL Volpe, RF Magnani… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Huanglongbing (HLB) is a destructive disease, associated with psyllid-transmitted phloem-
restricted pathogenic bacteria, which is seriously endangering citriculture worldwide. It …

Citrus biotechnology: Achievements, limitations and future directions

S Singh, MV Rajam - Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2009 - Springer
Citrus is one of the most important commercial and nutritional fruit crops in the world, hence
it needs to be improved to cater to the diverse needs of consumers and crop breeders …

Genetic Transformation in Citrus

D Donmez, O Simsek, T Izgu… - The Scientific World …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Citrus is one of the world's important fruit crops. Recently, citrus molecular genetics and
biotechnology work have been accelerated in the world. Genetic transformation, a …

[HTML][HTML] Citrus biotechnology: What has been done to improve disease resistance in such an important crop?

R Caserta, NS Teixeira-Silva, LM Granato… - Biotechnology Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Citrus crop** is widely distributed as an important economic activity worldwide. Amongst
the major producers are Brazil, China, United States, Mexico and some European countries …

Enhanced resistance to citrus canker in transgenic sweet orange expressing the sarcotoxin IA gene

AK Kobayashi, LGE Vieira, JC Bespalhok Filho… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Citrus canker, caused by the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas citri subp. Citri (Xcc), is a
serious disease reported in most citrus-producing areas around the world. Although different …