Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Ahmad Omar Research Group
Led by Ahmad Omar · Horticultural Sciences
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What we study
Works to improve citrus scions and rootstocks and to understand how citrus resists canker and citrus greening, using tissue culture, genome editing and field testing at the Citrus REC.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Fieldwork
- Plants
- Cells in a dish
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 3
Current projects
CRISPR/Cas9 in citrus protoplasts
Genome editing without Agrobacterium.
Screening for HLB and canker resistance
Molecular, greenhouse and field testing.
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Somatic hybrids and cybrids
Engineered citrus lines for disease management.
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