Seedlessness and ploidy manipulations

This chapter presents a review on the mechanism and genetic factors underlying seedlessness in and on their exploitation for new seedless cultivar breeding. It focuses mainly on the aspect of ploidy manipulation for triploid seedless breeding, which has received much attention at the international l...

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Published in:	Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology pp. 197 - 218
Main Authors:	Ollitrault, P, Froelicher, Y, Dambier, D, Luro, F, Yamamoto, M
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, UK CAB International 2007 CABI
Subjects:	angiosperms Biotechnology Citrus cultivars cultivated varieties eudicots eukaryotes Horticulture plant breeding plant breeding methods plants ploidy reviews Rutaceae Rutales Sapindales seedlessness Spermatophyta
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Summary:	This chapter presents a review on the mechanism and genetic factors underlying seedlessness in and on their exploitation for new seedless cultivar breeding. It focuses mainly on the aspect of ploidy manipulation for triploid seedless breeding, which has received much attention at the international level and for which new avenues have been opened up by biotechnology.
ISBN:	0851990193 9780851990194
DOI:	10.1079/9780851990194.0197