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Anther culture and in vitro and in situ parthenogenesis of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck.) genotypes

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Author(s):
Jean Carlos Cardoso
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Doctoral Thesis
Press: Piracicaba.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA/STB)
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Examining board members:
Rodrigo Rocha Latado; Marcilio de Almeida; Andréa Dias Koehler; Mariangela Cristofani Yaly
Advisor: Rodrigo Rocha Latado; Adriana Pinheiro Martinelli
Abstract

The production of completely homozygous lines in citrus breeding program is hard, and double-haploid plantlets (completely homozygous lines) can be used to improve these breeding programs. However, many factors are associated with the success of the regeneration of haploid or double-haploid plants. The aim of this study was the induction and regeneration of haploid and double-haploid plantlets from sweet oranges (Citrus sinensis) using the techniques of anther culture and in situ and in vitro parthenogenesis, that can result in the production of gametic embryos from microspores and ovules, respectively. To this, there were conducted preliminary studies with reproductive biology of C. sinensis, as well as, experiments with anther culture of more than 100 genotypes of sweet orange and the effects temperature treatments. To experiments of in situ parthenogenesis there were tested the effects of genotype, doses of radiation applied to the pollen grains, and also the use of pollen grains from distant species used in crossings with the aim of obtaining haploid and double-haploid embryos from sweet oranges. To in vitro parthenogenesis there was tested the effects of culture media in induction of embryogenesis from ovaries. The results showed the induction of callus and regeneration of embryos from in vitro anther culture and obtaining some responsive genotypes to anther culture, which will be useful in future works with induction and regeneration of haploid and double-haploid plants in sweet orange. The most of embryogenic callus and embryos obtained from anther culture were diploids (2n) and molecularly similar to the donor plants. However, one embryogenic callus obtained from anther culture of a hybrid (Citrus clementina x C. sinensis ,,Hamlin\") showed be different from donor plants and homozygous to four pair of microsatellite primers tested. Ploidy and the gametic origin confirmation of this embryogenic callus are still dependent of the analysis of a larger number of primers and the development and regeneration of embryos. In the in situ parthenogenesis experiments, the embryos and seedlings obtained from the pollination with irradiated pollen grains showed a larger variation of ploidy, determined by flow cytometric analysis. The analysis with molecular markers showed that these plantlets were different from the donor plants, but were heterozygous. The performance of crossings with distant species from Citrus sinensis results in production of embryos with a high rate of homozygosis, but not for all primers tested. In vitro parthenogenesis techniques shows be interesting to obtaining somatic embryos from ovary culture, however, no haploid or double-haploid embryos were obtained. The results confirm the genotype-dependent responses related to the gametic embryogenesis in Citrus, as well as, improve the knowledge about reproductive biology of sweet orange (AU)

FAPESP's process: 08/09928-8 - Anther culture and in situ parthenogenesis of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck.) cultivars
Grantee:Jean Carlos Cardoso
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate