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  • Applications of Biotechnology to Tropical Fruit Crops in Queensland, Australia

    Author(s)
    Drew, Roderick
    Smith, M.
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Drew, Roderick A.
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    Tropical fruits play an important role in the economy of Queensland. The major crops are banana, mango, pineapple and papaya. For the past 20 years, biotechnology has been applied to tropical fruit species in Queensland. Micropropagation systems have been developed for banana, pineapple, papaya, passionfruit and coffee; and good embryogenic protocols have been employed in banana, mango and papaya. A program of intergeneric hybridisation between papaya and related Vasconcella species has continued since 1991 and has been facilitated by embryo rescue and plantlet production, and micropropagation in vitro. Cryopreservation ...
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    Tropical fruits play an important role in the economy of Queensland. The major crops are banana, mango, pineapple and papaya. For the past 20 years, biotechnology has been applied to tropical fruit species in Queensland. Micropropagation systems have been developed for banana, pineapple, papaya, passionfruit and coffee; and good embryogenic protocols have been employed in banana, mango and papaya. A program of intergeneric hybridisation between papaya and related Vasconcella species has continued since 1991 and has been facilitated by embryo rescue and plantlet production, and micropropagation in vitro. Cryopreservation protocols are being developed for several tropical fruit species. Transformation systems have been used to produce disease resistant genotypes of papaya and to prevent blackheart, to control flowering and delay ripening of pineapple. Molecular marker technology has been used for genotype identification and to confirm intergeneric hybrids between papaya and related Vasconcella species. Molecular maps have been developed for two Vasconcella species. Genetic diversity within mangosteen populations and between related wild species has been evaluated with RAF markers. Specific DAF markers have been identified for sex determination in papaya, and SCAR markers have been developed to identify dwarfism in bananas and the PRSV-P resistant gene in Vasconcella cundinamarcensis.
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    Journal Title
    Acta Horticulturae
    Volume
    864
    Publisher URI
    http://www.actahort.org/books/864/864_14.htm
    Copyright Statement
    © 2010 International Society for Horticultural Science. Self-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this publisher. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the author for more information.
    Subject
    Plant biology
    Plant biology not elsewhere classified
    Horticultural production
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/34576
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