RT article
T1 Parthenocarpy and Self-Incompatibility in Mandarins
A1 Montalt, Rafael
A1 Vives, María C.
A1 Navarro, Luis
A1 Ollitrault, Patrick
A1 Aleza, Pablo
K1 Seedless
K1 Parthenocarpic ability
K1 Fruit setting
K1 F02  Plant propagation
K1 F30  Plant genetics and breeding
K1 F63  Plant physiology - Reproduction
K1 Q01  Food science and technology
K1 F60  Plant physiology and biochemistry
K1 Citrus
K1 Seedlessness
K1 Pollination
K1 Fruit set
K1 Breeding
AB Citrus reproductive biology is complex. One of its characteristic features is parthenocarpy that enables seedless fruit production. Citrus parthenocarpy and self-incompatibility knowledge is only partial and sometimes discrepant. Increasing such knowledge is relevant for better managing cultivated varieties and improving the selection of parents in breeding strategies to recover seedless varieties such as mandarins. This work develops an efficient protocol to characterize selfincompatibility and different parthenocarpy types based on emasculation, hand self-pollination, and hand cross-pollination. It analyzes fruit setting and seed production coupled with histological pollen performance observations. We analyzed the reproductive behavior of nine mandarin varieties with relevant characteristics as parents for seedless mandarin breeding. ‘Clemenules’ clementine and ‘Moncada’ mandarins were strictly self-incompatible with facultative and vegetative parthenocarpy; ‘Imperial’ mandarin and ‘Ellendale’ tangor displayed no strict self-incompatibility associated with facultative and vegetative parthenocarpy; ‘Fortune’ mandarin was self-incompatible with facultative and stimulative parthenocarpy; ‘Campeona’ and ‘Salteñita’ mandarins were self-compatible with vegetative parthenocarpy; ‘Serafines’ satsuma was associated with male sterility together with facultative and vegetative parthenocarpy; and ‘Monreal’ clementine was self-compatible and nonparthenocarpic. Our protocol can be applied for screening of mandarin germplasm and to characterize new parents. Reproductive behavior knowledge is important for optimizing seedless mandarin breeding programs based on diploidy, triploidy, or induced mutagenesis.
PB MDPI
SN 2073-4395
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7758
UL http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7758
LA en
NO Montalt, R., Vives, M. C., Navarro, L., Ollitrault, P. & Aleza, P. (2021). Parthenocarpy and Self-Incompatibility in Mandarins. Agronomy, 11(10), 2023.
DS MINDS@UW
RD Aug 19, 2022