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The Citrus Variety Improvement Program in Spain (CVIPS) After Four Years

Virus and viruslike diseases cause great economic losses to the Spanish citrus industry (Navarro, 1977). Practically 100 per cent of our local selections are infected with one to several viruses. In 1975 we started the Citrus Variety Improvement Program in Spain (CVIPS) to obtain virus-free citrus p...

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Main Authors: Navarro, Luis, Ballester-Olmos, José F., Juárez, José, Pina, José A., Arregui, Juana M., Bono-Úbeda, Rafael, Fernández-De-Córdova O'connor, Luis F., Ortega, Carmen
Format: Objeto de conferencia
Language:Inglés
Published: IOCV 2023
Subjects:
F30 Plant genetics and breeding
H20 Plant diseases
U30 Research methods
Citrus
Genetic improvement
Cultivated varieties
Shoot tip culture
Grafting
In vitro culture
Sweet oranges
Mandarins
Plant viruses
Plant diseases
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8754
https://iocv.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/2020-06/8th289_294.pdf
Summary:Virus and viruslike diseases cause great economic losses to the Spanish citrus industry (Navarro, 1977). Practically 100 per cent of our local selections are infected with one to several viruses. In 1975 we started the Citrus Variety Improvement Program in Spain (CVIPS) to obtain virus-free citrus plants of all our commercial cultivars and to release healthy budwood to the growers as soon as possible (Navarro, 1976). The program is based on the technique of shoottip grafting in vitro (STG) (Navarro et al., 1975). Simultaneously, we carry on an auxiliary program to develop nucellar plants of our most important cultivars (Navarro, 1976, 1977). In this paper we report the status of both programs and discuss their future development.

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