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Citrus => Citrus General Discussion => Topic started by: Walt on November 11, 2021, 03:18:22 PM

Title: Precocious flowering in citrus indused by vital vecter
Post by: Walt on November 11, 2021, 03:18:22 PM
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26920394/

The above link takes you to a research report on a viral vector that contains a gene that can make a seedling bloom in less than a year.  The virus is transmitted by grafting a seedling onto a stock that has been lnfected with it. 
This is then not transmitted via pollen, and rarely via seed.
Title: Re: Precocious flowering in citrus indused by vital vecter
Post by: brian on November 11, 2021, 10:07:35 PM
This was done in Spain, right?  I think this came up on the forum here a few years ago.   I reached out to the author (had to use Google translator, unfortunately) but I never got a response.  Sure would be nice to have access to this for breeding!  Because the vector is a citrus virus, though, I suspect it will never be available to normal folks.