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SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
Volume 245, Issue -, Pages 210-217Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2018.10.015
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Chromomycin A(3)(CMA); Chromosome; Citrus; Flow cytometry; Polyploidy breeding
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Three Fortunella (kumquat) species, the Meiwa kumquat (F. crassifolia Swingle), the Round kumquat [F. japonica (Thunb.) Swingle] and the Changshou kumquat (F. obovata hort. ex Tanaka), showing tetraploid, which had been induced by treating the seeds with colchicine, were examined for origin and horticultural characteristics (e. g. morphology of leaves, flowers, pollen and fruits). Additionally, these tetraploid kumquats were crossed to produce triploid kumquats. All of the tetraploids were confirmed to be derived from the nucellar embryo of each original kumquat by examining their chromosomal composition with chromomycin A(3) staining. All of the tetraploid kumquats had the typical morphological characteristics of tetraploid Citrus plants, such as round and thick leaves, and large flowers and pollen grains. On the other hand, the fruits of these tetraploid plants showed desirable traits for kumquats such as thicker pericarp and higher soluble solids content. Furthermore, when these tetraploids were crossed with some diploid cultivars, triploid progenies were obtained from almost all of the cross combinations.
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