“Hong Long” Lychee (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) Is the Optimal Pollinizer for the Main Lychee Cultivars in Israel

Raz, Amir; Martin, Gottfried; Sapir, Gal; Stern, Raphael A.

doi:10.3390/plants11151996

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“…However, almost all of the self-fertilised fruitlets abscise by 10 weeks after peak anthesis. Selective abscission of self-fertilised fruitlets has been demonstrated in other tree crops such as avocado, lychee, and mango [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 60 ]. However, unlike macadamia, these crops retain a high percentage of selfed progeny among their mature fruit [ 11 , 25 , 27 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 ].…”

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MassARRAY and SABER Analyses of SNPs in Embryo DNA Reveal the Abscission of Self-Fertilised Progeny during Fruit Development of Macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche)

De Silva,

Kämper,

Ogbourne

et al. 2024

IJMS

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Yield in many crops is affected by abscission during the early stages of fruitlet development. The reasons for fruitlet abscission are often unclear but they may include genetic factors because, in some crops, self-pollinated fruitlets are more likely to abscise than cross-pollinated fruitlets. Pollen parentage can also affect final fruit size and fruit quality. Here, we aimed to understand the effects of pollen parentage on fruitlet retention and nut quality in orchards of macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche). We identified the pollen parent of macadamia ‘cultivar ‘816’ embryos by analysing single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in their DNA using customised MassARRAY and Single Allele Base Extension Reaction (SABER) methods. This allowed us to determine the proportions of self-fertilised and cross-fertilised progeny during premature fruit drop at 6 weeks and 10 weeks after peak anthesis, as well as at nut maturity. We determined how pollen parentage affected nut-in-shell (NIS) mass, kernel mass, kernel recovery, and oil concentration. Macadamia trees retained cross-fertilised fruitlets rather than self-fertilised fruitlets. The percentage of progeny that were cross-fertilised increased from 6% at 6 weeks after peak anthesis to 97% at nut maturity, with each tree producing on average 22 self-fertilised nuts and 881 cross-fertilised nuts. Three of the four cross-pollen parents provided fruit with significantly higher NIS mass, kernel mass, or kernel recovery than the few remaining self-fertilised fruit. Fruit that were cross-fertilised by ‘842’, ‘A4’, or ‘A203’ had 16–29% higher NIS mass and 24–44% higher kernel mass than self-fertilised fruit. Nuts that were cross-fertilised by ‘A4’ or ‘A203’ also had 5% or 6% higher kernel recovery, worth approximately $US460–540 more per ton for growers than self-fertilised nuts. The highly selective abscission of self-fertilised fruitlets and the lower nut quality of self-fertilised fruit highlight the critical importance of cross-pollination for macadamia productivity.

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“…Selective abscission of self-fertilised fruitlets has been demonstrated in other tree crops such as avocado, lychee, and mango [25][26][27]60]. However, unlike macadamia, these crops retain a high percentage of selfed progeny among their mature fruit [11,25,27,[60][61][62][63][64].…”

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MassARRAY and SABER Analyses of SNPs in Embryo DNA Reveal the Abscission of Self-Fertilised Progeny during Fruit Development of Macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche)

De Silva,

Kämper,

Ogbourne

et al. 2024

IJMS

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Intraspecific crop diversity for enhanced crop pollination success. A review

Chabert,

Eeraerts,

DeVetter

et al. 2024

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Interspecific crop diversity (e.g., intercropping) has been documented to promote sustainability in agroecological systems with benefits for pollination services and insect pollinators. These benefits may also be extended to intraspecific crop diversity (e.g., cultivation of multiple genotypes or cultivars in a production space), but no review to date has examined the benefits of intraspecific crop diversity for pollination and pollinator communities. While mixing cultivars is necessary and a widespread practice for pollination of self-incompatible or male-sterile crops, it is not as widespread for other crop species. However, many other crops have shown reduced yield quantity or quality with self-fertilization due to partial self-sterility, early acting inbreeding depression, and xenia. These crops could thus experience increased production in diverse cultivar mixtures. Cultivar mixtures could also benefit pollinator communities through providing complementary and temporally consistent floral resources, with cascading effects on pollination services. However, successfully implementing cultivar mixtures requires an understanding of how cultivar identity and arrangement affect successful cross-pollination. In this review, we describe the potential benefits of increased intraspecific crop diversity for optimal pollination and pollinator populations across insect-pollinated crops. Additionally, we explore how research advances in cultivar characteristics and insect pollinator behavior and movement, as well as crop pollen flow, can inform cultivar mixtures and spatial arrangements. We find evidence that mixing cultivars, even in self-compatible crops, improves pollination outcomes and yields. Additionally, given insect pollinator behavior and pollen flow, such mixing must occur at relatively small spatial scales. Furthermore, cultivar diversity could ensure successful pollination and resource production for pollinators under extreme weather events. We also discuss costs and benefits of diverse cultivar mixtures from a grower’s perspective and offer suggestions for future research including translating findings within the context of farming systems so that recommendations are practical and achievable.

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Selective Retention of Cross-Fertilised Fruitlets during Premature Fruit Drop of Hass Avocado

Hapuarachchi,

Kämper,

Hosseini Bai

et al. 2024

Horticulturae

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The productivity of many tree crops is limited by low yield, partly due to high rates of fruitlet abscission during early fruit development. Early studies suggested that cross-pollinated fruitlets may be selectively retained during fruit development, although paternity testing of fruitlets to test this hypothesis was technically challenging. We used MassARRAY genotyping to determine the effects of pollen parentage on fruitlet retention and fruit quality of Hass avocado. We identified the paternity of abscised and retained fruitlets at 6 and 10 weeks, and mature fruit at 36 weeks, after peak anthesis. We measured the embryo mass, pericarp mass, total mass and nutrient concentrations of fruitlets, and the seed mass, flesh mass, total mass, diameter, length, nutrient concentrations and fatty-acid composition of mature fruit. The percentages of progeny on the tree that were cross-fertilised increased from 4.6% at 6 weeks after peak anthesis to 10.7% at fruit maturity. Only 1.0% of freshly abscised fruitlets on the ground at 10 weeks after peak anthesis were cross-pollinated even though 6.5% of retained fruitlets on the tree were cross-pollinated. At this stage, cross-pollinated fruitlets had similar nutrient concentrations to self-pollinated fruitlets, but they had higher total contents of P, K, Al, Ca, Fe, Mn and Zn due to having greater fruitlet mass. At maturity, cross-pollinated fruit were 6% heavier and had 2% greater diameter than self-pollinated fruit, without significant differences in flesh nutrient concentrations or fatty acid composition. The results demonstrate that Hass avocado trees selectively retain cross-pollinated fruitlets, which are larger than self-pollinated fruitlets and ultimately produce larger mature fruit. Avocado growers can increase fruit size and yield by improving the opportunities for cross-pollination, possibly by closely interplanting type A and type B cultivars and introducing more beehives into orchards.

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“Hong Long” Lychee (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) Is the Optimal Pollinizer for the Main Lychee Cultivars in Israel

Cited by 3 publications

References 32 publications

MassARRAY and SABER Analyses of SNPs in Embryo DNA Reveal the Abscission of Self-Fertilised Progeny during Fruit Development of Macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche)

MassARRAY and SABER Analyses of SNPs in Embryo DNA Reveal the Abscission of Self-Fertilised Progeny during Fruit Development of Macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche)

Intraspecific crop diversity for enhanced crop pollination success. A review

Selective Retention of Cross-Fertilised Fruitlets during Premature Fruit Drop of Hass Avocado

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