Patent classifications
A01H6/785
Orange tree named ‘Ruby SL’
Ruby SL is a new and distinct orange tree notable primarily for its intensely colored seedless fruit.
Lemon tree named ‘Glueck’
A new and distinct variety of lemon named Glueck characterized by producing mature fruit with a juice having a lemon flavor and a high sugar-acid ratio.
Grapefruit tree named ‘TR-1’
The new grapefruit TR-1 is provided. The variety is produced from a mutation of Rio Red grapefruit, which can be distinguished by its outstanding features. TR-1 is a red grapefruit variety originated as a budsport mutation from Rio Red grapefruit and differentiating from the Rio Red grapefruit by a Red external color contrasting to the yellow with red blush from Rio Red grapefruit. The internal color is red with milder flavor reduced bitter taste.
Mandarin tree named ‘UF1351’
UF1351 is a new and distinct hybrid cultivar of mandarin tree (Citrus reticulata) distinguished at least by the mid-season maturation and high quality rating of its fruit, and its significant tolerance to Huanglongbing (HLB), which is also known as citrus greening disease.
Orange tree named ‘Red Lina’
A new and distinct navel orange distinguished by production of fruit that combines early season maturity and a dark orange to red pigmented rind, (UPOV Group 20), with a pink albedo. It further distinguishes itself with a deep orange red flesh, and early season harvest maturity. Both flesh and juice are consistently darker than commercially known varieties. The new cultivar is a Citrus sinensis, useful for commercial fruit production.
CITRUS GREENING RESISTANT ORANGE TREES AND RELATED METHODS THEREOF
A composite orange tree having a fruiting cultivar scion grafted to a citrus-greening resistant, or a salinity-resistant rootstock, or a rootstock having both citrus-greening and salinity resistance, is described herein, as are methods of growing such a composite orange tree.
Citrus L. plant named ‘ASUKI’
A new and distinct variety of Citrus L. plant named ASUKI, characterized by being late-maturing, having high brix and excellent taste, being easy to eat because of its soft segment membrane, having no occurrence of fruit rind puffing, and having less dripping of fruit juice.
PLANTS RESISTANT TO HUANGLONGBING
Provided herein are genetically modified citrus plants having enhanced resistance to Huanglongbing (HLB) and methods of producing such plants by overexpressing a papain-like cysteine protease (PLCP) polypeptide to overcome the function of Sec-delivered effector 1 (SDE1).
Citrus sinensis plant named 'ROSALINA'
A new and distinct navel orange distinguished by production of fruit that combines early season maturity and a dark orange to red pigmented rind, (UPOV Group 20), with a pink albedo. It further distinguishes itself with a deep orange red flesh, that matures 3-4 weeks before Cara-Cara navel, the current bench-mark red navel. Both flesh and juice are consistently darker than that of Cara-Cara. The new cultivar is a Citrus sinensis, useful for commercial fruit production.
Citrus ichangensis x C. maxima tree named ‘Tift2-16’
A new variety of Citrus ichangensis x C. maxima plant named Tift2-16 produces fruit with a reduced number of seeds, making it valuable as a backyard fruit tree. Also, it is a desirable tree for landscaping.