Adventitious juice vesicle initiation in lemon (Citrus limon L.), mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco), sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.), and sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.) fruit explants

The noncallusing morphogenetic properties of Citrus juice vesicles cultured in vitro are unknown and were herein studied. Juice vesicles isolated from 120–180‐day‐old fruits are capable of proliferation via adventitious vesicle branching in vitro. Gibberellic acid levels of 1–100 mg/L greatly enhanced adventitious vesicle branching while delaying vesicle senescence as evidenced by the vesicles' ability to retain its green color for up to 4 to 6 mo in culture. Vesicles grown on media without gibberellic acid readily matured, turning opaque within 2 mo in culture and rarely produced adventitious branches. Additions of 0.1 mg/L α‐naphthaleneacetic acid or 1.0 mg/L benzylaminopurine to media containing 10 mg/L gibberellic acid further enhanced vesicle branching in some species and cultivars. Adventitious juice vesicles have been induced from a variety of citrus species, including Citrus grandis (L.) Osb., C. hystrix DC., C. limon (L.) Burm. f., C. medica L., C. paradisi Macf., C. reticulata Blanco, and C. sinensis (L.) Osb. Adventitious vesicle branches originate from primordia initiated on the surface of the cultured vesicle. These primordia commonly occurred on the terminal meristem region of the vesicle. However, some species (e.g., C. grandis and C. paradisi) produced adventitious vesicle branches from their bodies and stalks as well. Distinct vesicle branches begin to appear on preformed vesicles after 30–60 days in culture. A survey to determine the natural occurrence of vesicle branching in various Citrus species was also conducted. Natural vesicle branching commonly occurred in C. grandis, C. paradisi, and in some cultivars of C. reticulata, but was absent in most citrus species and cultivars (e.g., C. aurantifolia (Christm.) Swing., C. canaliculata Hort. ex Y. Tan., C. hystrix, C. limon, C. medica, C. sinensis). It was found that some species which failed to exhibit the adventitious branching phenomenon in nature did so in vitro (e.g., C. hystrix, C. medica, and C. sinensis).

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Induction of Adventitious Branches From Cultured Citrus Juice Vesicles–a Potential Means of Proliferation

Tisserat

Galletta

Jones

1989

American J of Botany

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Changes in Hormonal Profiles and Corresponding Gene Expressions During the Initiation and Development of Juice Sac Primordia in Citrus Ovaries and Fruitlets

Assili,

Doron-Faigenboim,

Moreno

et al. 2024

J Plant Growth Regul

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The edible part of citrus fruit is composed of juice vesicles/sacs which develop from the endocarp, the two to three inner cell layers of the white spongy peel termed albedo. Juice sac primordia usually appear 1 week after anthesis. Hormones, especially auxin and gibberellin, play a role in pericarp development during the ovary-to-fruit transition, but their effect on juice vesicle induction has not been studied. Here, hormone profiling in the pericarp and changes in the expression of their corresponding genes in the endocarp and pericarp were compared between two citrus cultivars: Calabria citron, in which juice sacs develop normally, and Yemenite citron, in which juice sac formation does not initiate. Most of the identified hormones, abscisic acid, gibberellin A4, indole-3-acetic acid, isopentenyladenine, jasmonic acid and zeatin riboside, were at higher levels in Yemenite than in Calabria. Overall, changes in abscisic acid levels in the pericarp were very well correlated with changes in the expression of abscisic acid-related genes in the endocarp. However, the application of various hormones, including abscisic acid, to Calabria flowers failed to arrest juice sac initiation. The possible involvement of abscisic acid and other hormones in the process of juice vesicle initiation and pericarp growth is discussed.

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Flavonoid changes in developing lemons grown in vivo and in vitro

Vandercook

Tisserat

1989

Phytochemistry

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Adventitious juice vesicle initiation in lemon (Citrus limon L.), mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco), sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.), and sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.) fruit explants

Abstract: Summary. Adventitious juice vesicles have been obtained from lemon, mandarin and navel and sour orange juice vesicle explants cultured for prolonged periods on a nutrient medium containing 3.0 % sucrose in vitro.

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Induction of Adventitious Branches From Cultured Citrus Juice Vesicles–a Potential Means of Proliferation

Induction of Adventitious Branches From Cultured Citrus Juice Vesicles–a Potential Means of Proliferation

Changes in Hormonal Profiles and Corresponding Gene Expressions During the Initiation and Development of Juice Sac Primordia in Citrus Ovaries and Fruitlets

Flavonoid changes in developing lemons grown in vivo and in vitro

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