Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón

3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Developmental Biology

Combining Histochemical Staining and Image Analysis to Quantify Starch in the Ovary Primordia of Sweet Cherry during Winter Dormancy

Erica Fadon¹, Javier Rodrigo¹

¹Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón

We present a methodology to quantify the starch content in the ovary primordia in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) during winter dormancy by using an image analysis system combined with histochemical techniques.

Developmental Biology

Determination of Self- and Inter-(in)compatibility Relationships in Apricot Combining Hand-Pollination, Microscopy and Genetic Analyses

Sara Herrera^1,2, Jorge Lora³, José I. Hormaza³, Javier Rodrigo^1,2

¹Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), ²Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), ³Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora (IHSM La Mayora-UMA-CSIC)

We present a methodology to establish the pollination requirements of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) cultivars combining the determination of self-(in)compatibility by fluorescence microscopy with the identification of the S-genotype by PCR analysis.

Developmental Biology

Establishing Pollination Requirements in Japanese Plum by Phenological Monitoring, Hand Pollinations, Fluorescence Microscopy and Molecular Genotyping

Brenda I. Guerrero^1,2, Ma. Engracia Guerra³, Javier Rodrigo^1,2

¹Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), ²(CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2, ³Departamento de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura (CICYTEX), Instituto de Investigaciones Agrarias Finca La Orden

A methodology for the determination of pollination requirements in Japanese plum-type hybrids is described, which combines field- and laboratory-pollinations and observations of pollen tubes under the fluorescence microscopy with the identification of S-genotypes by PCR and the monitoring of flowering for the selection of pollinizers.