R. L. Boscariol

TL;DR: This system provides an efficient manner for selecting transgenic sweet orange plants without using antibiotics or herbicides and was developed in which positive selection based on the Escherichia coli phosphomannose-isomerase gene and mannose as the selective agent was used.

TL;DR: A protocol for adventitious organogenesis and genetic transformation of sweet orange varieties ( Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) using as explants internodal segments from adult plants maintained in the greenhouse is presented.

TL;DR: The results obtained here indicate the potential use of antibacterial proteins to protect citrus from bacterial diseases.

TL;DR: Epicotyl segments were adequate explants for transformation, regenerating plants by direct organogenesis, and genetic transformation was confirmed by performing b-glucoronidase (GUS) assays and, subsequently, by PCR amplification for the nptII and GUS genes.

TL;DR: Four QTL were associated with both the number of Rhizobium nodules and resistance to Xanthomonas, suggesting a common genetic control of responses to bacterial infections in the common bean, despite the dramatic environmental interactions noted with some QTL.