Protoplast fusion technology has been utilized in many crops to generate allotetraploid
somatic hybrids, and sometimes autotetraploids as a byproduct of the process. A brief history …

In this review we focus on recent progress in protoplast regeneration, symmetric and
asymmetric hybridization and novel technology developments. Regeneration of new species …

Under the vast umbrella of Plant Sciences resides a plethora of highly specialized fields.
Botanists, agronomists, horticulturists, geneticists, and physiologists each employ a different …

Flow cytometry (FCM) has been used for plant DNA content estimation since the 1980s;
however, presently, the number of laboratories equipped with flow cytometers has …

Citrus is the most important tree fruit crop in the world. However, citrus production is affected
by both biotic and abiotic stresses, including drought, extreme temperature, salinity, citrus …

There is an increasing demand for various tree products as the world population continues
to grow rapidly, leading to slowdown in woody plant product supplies worldwide. To meet …

Somatic hybridization holds great potential in citrus improvement by circumventing several
biological barriers such as nucellar polyembryony, long juvenility and pollen/ovule sterility …

Key message Overexpression of miR171 restored SE competence in the recalcitrant citrus
callus, and inhibition of miR171 function weakened SE competence in the strongly …

Plant somatic hybridization has progressed steadily over the past 35 years. Many hybrid
plants have been generated from fusion combinations of different phylogenetic species …

Protoplast fusion offers an opportunity for circumventing barriers to sexual reproduction and
allows for gene transfer of nuclear and cytoplasmic genomes to enrich the gene pool of …