Our Research

Inducible flowering for accelerated Citrus breeding

Project ID:

5200-156

Principal Investigator:

Sean Cutler

Principal Investigator Affiliation:

University of California, Riverside

Co-Investigators:

N/A

Collaborators:

  • Mikeal Roose

Start Date:

2017

Estimated Duration:

3 year(s)

Completed Date:

10/2020

Annual Funding:

N/A

There is a pressing need to develop methods to induce early flowering and speed up citrus breeding cycles. We are addressing this need by creating transgenic citrus in which flowering can be induced using a low-cost agrochemical. Our new strains will expedite classical breeding programs and quicken the characterization of fruit quality in newly created transgenic plants. This will, in turn, expedite efforts to improve HLB-tolerance and other important traits in citrus.

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