
C4-15-19
OfficialSugar Belle x Somatic Hybrid [‘Nova’ mandarin + ‘Succari’ sweet orange]
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Notes
A triploid hybrid from an interploid cross of diploid monoembryonic ‘Sugar Belle’®, patented as ‘LB8-9’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,356) tangelo (female parent) crossed with an allotetraploid somatic hybrid of ‘Nova’ mandarin hybrid (unpatented, Clementine×Orlando)+‘Succari’ sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) (male parent, unpatented), obtained via embryo rescue.
A somatic hybrid is produced by taking somatic (body) cells from two different plants, removing their cell walls, and fusing the cells together—usually under laboratory conditions. A whole plant is then regenerated from the fused cell. This process completely bypasses flowers, seeds, and meiosis, allowing breeders to combine genomes in ways that are not possible through normal sexual reproduction.
Lots of information on the plant and fruit exists within the linked patent.
Protected by U.S. Plant Patent US PP26086 (expires November 5, 2033), restricting asexual propagation and unauthorized distribution of trees or budwood. Use as a breeding parent is permitted.
Origin
Florida, USA
—·University of Florida