Identification of Zygotic and Nucellar Individuals Produced from Several Citrus Crosses Using SSRs Markers

Authors

  • Ercan YILDIZ University of Uşak, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Department of Horticulture, Uşak (TR)
  • Mustafa KAPLANKIRAN University of Mustafa Kemal, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Antakya, Hatay (TR)
  • Turan Hakan DEMİRKESER University of Mustafa Kemal, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Antakya, Hata (TR)
  • Aydin UZUN University of Erciyes, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Kayseri (TR)
  • Celil TOPLU University of Mustafa Kemal, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Antakya, Hatay (TR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha4129037

Abstract

Turkey is an important citrus-producing country. However, new cultivars are needed to sustain citrus production and ensure its competitiveness against other crops. There are currently several citrus breeding programs that aim to help overcome the lack of local commercial varieties and to contribute to Turkey’s competitive capacity in the citrus market. In this study, we report the utilization of molecular markers in one such breeding program. Simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were employed to eliminate nucellar individuals from a hybrid population produced by crossing. The crosses included ‘Fremont’ and ‘Robinson’ mandarins as the female parents and ‘Midknight Valencia’, ‘Rhode Red Valencia’, and ‘Valencia Late’ oranges and ‘Rio Red’ grapefruit cultivars as the male parents. Seedlings with the same banding patterns as the female parent were identified as nucellar seedlings by 11 SSR primers. Primers AG14 and TAA03 were found to be more effective at identifying zygotic individuals than other primers. ‘Fremont’ and ‘Robinson’ mandarins produced 36.91% and 31.09% of nucellar seedlings, respectively. As a pollen parent, ‘Rio Red’ grapefruit had a higher ratio of zygotic seedlings compared to ‘Midknight Valencia’, and can be recommended in breeding programs. Comparative analysis of different citrus fruits in the breeding programs allowed us to design an efficient hybridization scheme for this study.

Author Biographies

Ercan YILDIZ, University of Uşak, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Department of Horticulture, Uşak

Horticulture of department

Mustafa KAPLANKIRAN, University of Mustafa Kemal, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Antakya, Hatay

Horticulture of department

Turan Hakan DEMİRKESER, University of Mustafa Kemal, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Antakya, Hata

Horticulture of department

Aydin UZUN, University of Erciyes, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Kayseri

Horticulture of department

Celil TOPLU, University of Mustafa Kemal, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Antakya, Hatay

Horticulture of department

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Published

2013-12-06

How to Cite

YILDIZ, E., KAPLANKIRAN, M., DEMİRKESER, T. H., UZUN, A., & TOPLU, C. (2013). Identification of Zygotic and Nucellar Individuals Produced from Several Citrus Crosses Using SSRs Markers. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 41(2), 478–484. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha4129037

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DOI: 10.15835/nbha4129037

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