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Hybridization Studies on Some Clementine (Citrus clementina) Cultivars

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Horticultural Crops, Vegetables and Ornamental plants (Breeding, Farming and Cropping Systems, Quality and Post-Harvest Technology)

Abstract

 
      The present study was conducted using three Clementine cultivars, namely, Fedela, Fina, and Spinosa as female parents, and four mandarin cultivars, namely, Kishu, Avana aprieno, Sunburst, and Willow leaf as male parents, to select the pollen source that has high cross-compatibility with the Clementine cultivars. The results showed that ‘Kishu' has the highest viability in comparison with other cultivars. Both ‘Fedela' with ‘Kishu', ‘Spinosa' and ‘Sunburst' had the maximum initial fruit set. The highest percentages of retained fruit were registered when pollen of ‘Kishu' was used to pollinate both ‘Fina' and ‘Fedela'. When all pollens of tested Mandarin cultivars were used for ‘Spinosa' Clementine, they did not obtain any retained fruit, and these hybridization combinations revealed the highest percentages of fruit drop. ‘Fedela' fruits recorded a maximum value of the average number of developed and undeveloped seeds when they were cross-pollinated with ‘Kishu' and ‘Sunburst' pollens. Fluorescence microscopy examination showed that ‘Kishuʼ and ʻAvanaʼ as pollen sources had a high level of full cross-compatibility with ‘Fedela', while ‘Sunburst' and ‘Willow leafʼ have a high level of partial cross-compatibility with ʻFedelaʼ. ‘Fina' showed a low degree of partial cross-compatibility, while ‘Spinosa' showed some degree of cross-incompatibility with all studied pollen sources. It can be concluded that all studied Mandarin cultivars could be promising pollenizers for the self-incompatible ‘Fedela' Clementine cultivar, thus it is recommended to culture these cultivars together in the same orchard.

DOI

10.21608/ejarc.2022.153704.1003

Keywords

citrus, Compatibility, cross-pollination, Pollen tube, breeding

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Ismail

MiddleName

Said

Affiliation

Breeding Research Department for Fruit Trees, Ornamental and Woody Plants, Horticulture Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Email

asm1980777@gmail.com

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Volume

73

Article Issue

2

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41927

Issue Date

2022-04-01

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2022-08-01

Publish Date

2022-04-01

Page Start

19

Page End

28

Print ISSN

2812-4847

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2812-4855

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261,391

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Research articles

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2,144

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ejarc.journals.ekb.eg/

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Hybridization Studies on Some Clementine (Citrus clementina) Cultivars

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Created At

28 Dec 2024