| Abstrakt: |
Citrus is an economically important fruit crop growing worldwide, with enormous health benefits. However, conventional citrus breeding has been hindered by a variety of genetic factors, thereby becoming obsolete and insufficient. Citrus research mostly focused on botanical, taxonomic, and cytogenetics issues. Nowadays the knowledge base has strengthened with the plausible outcomes of commercially successful varietal releases. Unfortunately; this has been gradual with only a few success stories among citrus rootstocks and even fewer among scion cultivars. Recent advancements in genetics, molecular biology, biotechnology, and omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) have expedited citrus breeding and genetics research. Linkage mapping, genetic diversity, phylogenetic relationships, mutation breeding, mapping, and the international citrus genome sequencing initiatives along with functional analysis have been comprehensively summarized in this review. While providing information on future avenues, this review provides novel mechanistic compiled up-to-date information based on the past and recent progress, facilitating their broader applications to accelerate citrus breeding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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