Preferential Disomic Segregation and C. micrantha/C. medica Interspecific Recombination in Tetraploid ‘Giant Key’ Lime; Outlook for Triploid Lime Breeding

The triploid ‘Tahiti’ lime (C. x latifolia (Yu. Tanaka) Tanaka) naturally originated from a merger between a haploid ovule of lemon (C. x limon (L.) Burm) and a diploid pollen from a ‘Mexican’ lime (C. x aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swing). The very limited natural inter-varietal diversity and gametic s...

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Main Authors: Dalel Ahmed, Franck Curk, Jean Charles Evrard, Yann Froelicher, Patrick Ollitrault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2020.00939/full