The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Citrus Research and Education Center breeding program has released three new scion cultivars in the last year. These cultivars provide opportunities for diverse segments of the Florida citrus industry, including nurseries catering to the home landscape marketplace. The new releases demonstrate the value of a broad-based breeding program to support various aspects of the commercial citrus industry, as well as to meet the needs of Florida gardeners throughout the state.
The first new release is a Eureka-type lemon selected for being seedless and having higher peel oil production, thus having dual-purpose potential. It was tested as CE-D5-1-9-42 in Florida and in a large trial in South America. Unlike other Eurekas, this selection has been grown on Flying Dragon rootstock, so it seems unaffected by the typical incompatibility of Eureka on trifoliates.
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