… reports about the development of resistant citrus cultivars via conventional breeding. Genetic
engineering may be a better method of improving disease resistance to citrus canker [55]. …

… Most of the citrus cultivars result from the selection of spontaneous bud mutations identified
in production orchards. Fruit quality (size, color, seedlessness) and the extension of the …

… citrus genetic engineering. The process was optimized to suit the requirements of fourteen
… engineer diverse recalcitrant citrus varieties towards trait improvement or functional genetics …

… , genetic engineering via citrus transformation is an alternative method used to incorporate
desirable traits into citrus … Transformation of other economically important citrus cultivars with …

… in citrus are relatively frequent causing the occurrence of new cultivars having a genetic …
also be created by genetic engineering and through the use of somatic cybridization. The …

… fruits based on previous profiling of CsPH8 expression in citrus cultivars with different
acidity [64,65]. These findings substantiate the notion that the steep pH gradient across the …

… In this regard, genetic engineering technologies offer a series of … elite cultivars or extensively
used scions and rootstocks. Furthermore, we discuss technical aspects of citrus genetic …

… Citrus cultivars overexpressing genes encoding antimicrobial peptides with proven effects
… , a codon-optimised version of the cecropin B gene, or certain attacins) did not show durable …

… genes, was conducted and numerous transgenic plants were regenerated from many citrus
cultivars. … Attempts to improve crop plants by genetic engineering depend strongly on the …

… citrus types as Clementine mandarins. In addition, female sterility is extended in citrus cultivars
… More important, the juvenile period of citrus is extremely long compared to other fruit trees…