This multi-authored book provides a comprehensive review of citrus breeding, including relevant genetics, molecular biology and biotechnology. Topics discussed include origin and Taxonomy, hybridization and see procedures, triploid breeding, mutation breeding, selection for fruit traits, tree characters and disease resistant, rootstock breeding, soil adaptation, nucellar embryony, cytogenetics, mapping, gene cloning, chromosome transfer technology, haploidy, flow cytometry and somaclonal variation.
Citrus Breeding: Introduction and Objectives, I Khan and W J Kender, University of Florida, USA
A Comprehesive Citrus Genetic Improvement Program, F G Gmitter Jr, J W Grosser, W S Castle and G A Moore, all at University of Florida, USA
Origin and Taxonomy, E Nicolosi, University of Catania, Italy
Germplasm Resource, R R Krueger, USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Respository for Citrus and Dates, California, USA and L Navarro, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Spain
Nuceller Embryony, J L Kepiro and M L. Roose, University of California, USA
Cytogenetics, M J Jaskani and I Khan, both at University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Haploidy, M A German&#-5472;Universit&#-6172;egli Studi di Pelermo, Italy
Seedlessness and Ploidy Manipulations, P Ollitrault, Center for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), Montpellier France,
F Luro and Y Froelicher, both at SRA, INRA/CIRAD, San Nicolao, France and M Yamamoto, Kagoshima University, Japan Somaclonal Variation , J W Grosser, X X Deng and R M Goodrich, all at University of Florida, USA
Somatic Hybridization, P Ollitrault, Center for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), Montpellier France, W Guo, Hauzhong Agricultural University, China and J W Grooser, University of Florida, USA
Single Chromosome Transfer, E S Louzada, Texas A&M University, USA
I Khan, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman