Workshop: Citrus Breeding
Workshop: Citrus Breeding
Objective(s):
Workshop objectives are: 1) Provide an updated perspective on new cultivars and future directions for U.S. citrus breeding programs; 2) Illustrate the tools used in citrus breeding including transgenics, triploidy, somaclonal variation and somatic hybridization; and 3) examine current challenges and opportunities in topic areas such as cold hardiness, resistance to HLB and other diseases, germplasm utilization, rapid-cycle breeding, rootstock development and seedlessness.
Workshop objectives are: 1) Provide an updated perspective on new cultivars and future directions for U.S. citrus breeding programs; 2) Illustrate the tools used in citrus breeding including transgenics, triploidy, somaclonal variation and somatic hybridization; and 3) examine current challenges and opportunities in topic areas such as cold hardiness, resistance to HLB and other diseases, germplasm utilization, rapid-cycle breeding, rootstock development and seedlessness.
Thursday, July 25, 2013: 8:00 AM
Springs Salon A/B (Desert Springs J.W Marriott Resort )