Citrange
| Citrange | |
|---|---|
| Genus | Citrus |
| Hybrid parentage | Citrus sinensis × Citrus trifoliata (Poncirus trifoliata) |
| Cultivar | 'Rusk', 'Troyer', 'Carrizo' |
| Breeder | Herbert John Webber & Walter Tennyson Swingle |
| Origin | USA |
The citrange (Citrus sinensis × Poncirus trifoliata or C. sinensis × C. trifoliata) is a citrus hybrid of the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange.
The purpose of this cross was to attempt to create a cold hardy citrus tree (which is the nature of a trifoliate), with delicious fruit like those of the sweet orange. However, citranges are generally bitter.
Citrange is used as a rootstock for citrus in Morocco, but is not successful to prevent dry root rot, neither for Citrus exocortis.[1]
Cultivars
There is a carrizo citrange[2] and there is a troyer citrange.[3] Both are resulting of a hybrid between the trifoliate orange and the Washington navel orange. There is also a cultivar called Rusk which is resulting from a cross between a Ruby orange and a trifoliate orange.[4][5]
See also
References
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- ↑ The Citrus Industry Book, Volume I
- ↑ Rusk 1441 at the Citrus Variety Collection
External links
- Citrange photos
- Will the citrange trees finally grow here?
- Lemon on Troyer Citrange Root; bud-union and rootstock disorder of Troyer citrange with Eureka lemon tops under study in effort to identify cause
- The Citrange Story
- Citrange fruit extracts alleviate obesity-associated metabolic disorder in high-fat diet-induced obese C57BL/6 mouse.
- Population of Endogenous Pararetrovirus Genomes in Carrizo Citrange
