Use of soma variation in banana plants and induction of mutation in citric fruits aimed at improvement

• Grant number: 97/10969-4
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: October 01, 1998
• End date: May 31, 2003
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Crop Science
• Principal Investigator: Augusto Tulmann Neto
• Grantee: Augusto Tulmann Neto
• Host Institution: Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Akihiko Ando ; Antonio Vargas de Oliveira Figueira ; Leonardo Coutinho Ceravolo

Abstract

The genetic variability that can be obtained through soma variation and from mutation induction is useful in improvement, especially in the case of plants of vegetative propagation such as banana and citrics. With a view to its possible use as a new cultivar, we will evaluate during 3 cycles, in 3 locations, a soma variant of low-height banana plant, selected from among the Nanicão cultivar. Mutants of the Pêra orange cultivar obtained through gamma rays will be evaluated in 16 production trials for 4 years, aiming to determine its commercial potential with new clones. In the two crops, molecular markers will be used to identify polymorphisms associated with phenotype modifications and also for a possible future use in early selection of similar types of variation and mutations. A multi-disciplinary team from CENA, ESALQ, Agronomy Institute, Biological Institute and UNESP-Ilha Solteira will participate in the project in the field and laboratory phases. Researchers from abroad will be brought in to collaborate on the project and in the final phase, banana and citric producers will visit the trials to evaluate the materials. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PATRICIA DA COSTA ZONETTI; PEDRO CÉSAR DOS SANTOS; APARECIDA CONCEIÇÃO BOLIANI; JOÃO ALEXIO SCARPARE FILHO; ANTÔNIO VARGAS FIGUEIRA; SILVANA APARECIDA CRESTES DIAS DE SOUZA; AUGUSTO TULMANN NETO. Avaliação de variante somaclonal de porte baixo de bananeira 'Nanicão Jangada' (Musa sp) em duas densidades. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, v. 25, n. 3, p. 471-474, 2003-12-00. (97/10969-4)

CRESTE‚ S.; NETO‚ A.T.; FIGUEIRA‚ A.. Detection of single sequence repeat polymorphisms in denaturing polyacrylamide sequencing gels by silver staining. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER, v. 19, n. 4, p. 299-306, 2001. (97/10969-4)

CRESTE‚ S.; TULMANN NETO‚ A.; DE OLIVEIRA SILVA‚ S.; FIGUEIRA‚ A.. Genetic characterization of banana cultivars (Musa spp.) from Brazil using microsatellite markers. EUPHYTICA, v. 132, n. 3, p. 259-268, 2003. (97/10969-4)