This research was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2022YFF1003101);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31530065,31820103011,32202451);the Foundation of Hubei Hongshan Laboratory(2021hszd009).
Cytoplasmic male sterility(CMS)has long been used to produce seedless fruits in perennial woody crops like citrus.A male-sterile somatic cybrid citrus(G1+HBP)was generated by protoplast fusion between a CMS callus par...