Plant Improvement

2005 Abhaya Dandekar Seedlessness Strategies

Seedy citrus fruit are a major quality issue and of significant concern to the citrus industry.

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2005 Peggy A. Mauk ( Mandarin Trial for the California Desert)

The major objectives of our project were to provide the industry with information on the tree growth, fruit quality characteristics and timing of legal maturity for selected mandarin varieties in the California deserts.

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2005 Jose X. Chaparro ( Breeding a Red-Fleshed Mandarin )

The primary objective of the project is to gain an understanding of the genetic control of color development in citrus fruit.

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2005 Bryce W. Falk (Controlling CTV )

To Develop Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) RNA silencing as an approach to confer systemic resistance against CTV.

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2005 Mikeal L. Roose and Timothy J. Close ( Microarrays for Gene Expression)

The specific objectives of these projects are to use Gene Chip Microarrays.

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2005 Mikeal L. Roose and Timothy J. Close (Genetic Maps)

The main goal is to develop genetic linkage maps of sweet orange and trifoliate orange.

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2005 Timothy J. Close and Mikeal L. Roose ( EST Libraries)

This project provides foundational information in the area of “Genomics”.

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2005 Abhaya M. Dandekar (Improving Peel Quality of California Citrus Fruit)

High quality peels are a critical component of high value fresh market citrus fruit.

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2005 Eduardo Blumwald (Physiological and Biochemical Determinants of Sugar and Acid)

The TSS(total soluble solids) to total acidity(TA) ratio determines whether citrus fruit can be marketed.

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2005 Henry J. Fisk (Development of Citrus Cultivars with Reduced Juvenility)

The overall objective of this project has been to develop technology that will allow for the creation of commercially important citrus species that have reduced juvenility.

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