Breeding for Fruit Quality in Citrus

Deng, Zhiming; Xu, Juan

doi:10.1002/9780470959350.ch16

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“…In general, a large percentage of new varieties have been selected from spontaneous bud sports in the fi eld with improved fruit color caused by anthocyanin or carotenoids. Sexual hybridization programs have also been adopted to develop new varieties by taking at least one pigmented citrus as parent (Deng and Xu, 2011). The fl avonoids are an important class of plant secondary metabolites, belonging to the broader family of plant phenolics.…”

Section: Fruit Colormentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Investigation of Citrus Fruit Quality. Popular Characteristic and Breeding

Abouzari¹,

Nezhad²

2016

Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun.

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Citrus is the most economically important fruit crop in the world. In citrus, the concept of fruit quality comprises several other aspects intimately related to human health apart from physical attributes and diet components. Citrus is an excellent model to study fruit quality because of its peculiar fruiting, singular biochemistry and economical relevance. A citrus breeding programme starts with the selection of suitable parents and the planning of controlled crosses. Information on the breeding value of available parents and the heritability of specific characters is important in a plant breeding programme to aid the breeder in parent selection and the planning of controlled crosses. Major goals of variety breeding in citrus are mostly related to fruit quality, productivity and harvesting period. In a broad sense, citrus fruit quality includes many physical attributes like fruit color, fruit size, easy of peeling and seedlessness. These traits have become paramount in commercial citrus types and new cultivar being developed through plant breeding and selection of new sports. This paper focus on four main citrus characteristics that responsible for fruit quality and are the basis for judging the product acceptability by consumers. We also discuss the variety strategy for citrus quality improvement.

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Section: Fruit Colormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Important breeding goals exist in citrus with respect to both scions and rootstocks. Citrus breeding methods include bud and seedling mutation selection, mutagenesis, hybridization, and various biotechnologies (Deng and Xu, 2011).…”

Section: Major Breeding Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%