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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2026

Evaluating Self-Incompatibility in Citrus by Histological and Molecular Assays.

Stefania Bennici, Gaetano Distefano, Alessandra Gentile

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Stefania BenniciDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. stefania.bennici@unict.it.
Gaetano DistefanoDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Alessandra GentileDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

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Self-incompatibility (SI) is a system used by flowering plants to prevent self-fertilization and promote outbreeding, ensuring genetic diversity. The system is regulated molecularly by the single polymorphic S-locus that expresses the male and female determinants that interact, inhibiting pollen germination or pollen tube growth when pollen from the same plant or genetically similar individuals reaches the stigma. Knowing the self-incompatible phenotype among cultivars is fundamental to ensuring fruit set or obtain seedless fruits in parthenocarpic species. Here we describe three techniques to measure self-incompatibility: (i) the self-incompatibility index (ISI); (ii) fluorescence microscopy to observe pollen germination and pollen tube growth after pollination; (iii) molecular analysis to assess diversity at the S-locus and expression of S-alleles.

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CitrusSelf-Incompatibility in Flowering PlantsAllelesFlowersGerminationMicroscopy, FluorescencePollenPollen TubePollinationAniline blue stainingConsensus primersPCR-analysisPistilsPollen tube growthSemi-in vivoS-locus

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