Segregation and Heritability of Male Sterility in Populations Derived from Progeny of Satsuma Mandarin.

Male sterility derived from Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu) has been used in Japanese citrus breeding programs to obtain seedless cultivars, which is a desirable trait for consumers. Male sterility has often been evaluated by anther development or pollen fertility; however, the inheritance and heri...

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Main Authors: Shingo Goto, Terutaka Yoshioka, Satoshi Ohta, Masayuki Kita, Hiroko Hamada, Tokurou Shimizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5010215?pdf=render