Investigation of sea road in citrus

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24405025
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Horticulture/Landscape architecture
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Kitajima Akira 京都大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 教授 (70135549)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMAMOTO Masashi 鹿児島大学, 農学部, 教授 (00305161) ; SHIMIZU Tokuro (独)農研機構, 果樹研究所, 上席研究員 (90355404) ; YAMASAKI Atsu (独)農研機構, 果樹研究所, 研究員 (70582584) ; YONEMORI Keizo 龍谷大学, 農学部, 教授 (10111949)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 果樹 / カンキツ / 起源 / 種分化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, native citrus of Main land and South West Islands in Japan, Yunnan and Guangdong in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Micronesia were investigated which were almost covered around West China Sea and South China Sea regions. As the results, 862 individual citrus DNA including native citrus of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Chongqing in China and Japan investigated already and world citrus species and cultivars and the relatives planted in our field were reserved. By SSR analysis of genome DNA and Chloroplast DNA sequence analysis, citrus species developments were cleared.

Free Research Field

果樹園芸学