Abstract
Thornless Rodan Lime is a type of Citrus aurantifolium. It was identified during the 8 years study on local genotype of lime. The southern part of Iran has the best environmental condition for the growth and development of lime. Unfortunately, many diseases comprising witch’s broom and CTV (please write full name), and pests such as Hishemonous sp., and Diaphorina citri threatened lime production in this area. Rodan lime tree is a small and bushy tree, with slender branches. The foliage is dense consists of small, pale green, blunt-pointed leaves with narrow-winged petioles. Usually lime (Citrus aurantifolia) has thorns and fruits are seedy but Rodan lime is thornless and seedless. The fruit of Rodan lime is round with soft peel; 1-1.5 mm. thick; a slight nipple at the apex; and the base rounded or faintly necked. Rodan lime has a slow growth rate; it is rich source of vitamin C about 36.6 mg per 100g edible. The flower clusters at the end of the branch and eventually becomes big fruit and average weight of fruit is 30g. Having a thorn less lime would dramatically reduced the cost of cultivation, preservation, harvesting and post harvesting. Introduction and improvement of thornless Rodan lime would have an important role in the development of citrus industry. Moreover, it will also affect the health issues of people because it is rich in vitamin C and it is also used in people’s food and medicine. Keywords: Lime, Citrus aurantifolium, Thornless, Iran
Highlights
All commercially important citrus apparently originated from Southeast Asia and India
The crop is consumed as fresh fruit, but in some countries, such as Brazil and the United States, a major part of the crop is marketed as slightly processed, pasteurized, or concentrated juice (Saunt, 1990; Milind, et al, 2010).Citriculture expands worldwide, with increasing harvest area from 6.2 million/ ha, in 1993 to 7.4 million/ha in 2005, and the top 10 lime producer countries in the world are Mexico (15%), India (12%), Argentine (11%), Iran (9%), Spine (8%), USA (7%), Brazil (5%), Italy (5%), Turkey (4%) and China (3%) (FAO, 2005), The total annual production of lime in Iran is about 650,000 tons
Lime has been grown in South of Iran and other tropical areas (Iqrar Khan, 2007; Abrahimy, 1981)
Summary
All commercially important citrus apparently originated from Southeast Asia and India. The crop is consumed as fresh fruit, but in some countries, such as Brazil and the United States, a major part of the crop is marketed as slightly processed, pasteurized, or concentrated juice (Saunt, 1990; Milind , et al, 2010).Citriculture expands worldwide, with increasing harvest area from 6.2 million/ ha, in 1993 to 7.4 million/ha in 2005, and the top 10 lime producer countries in the world are Mexico (15%), India (12%), Argentine (11%), Iran (9%), Spine (8%), USA (7%), Brazil (5%), Italy (5%), Turkey (4%) and China (3%) (FAO, 2005), The total annual production of lime in Iran is about 650,000 tons. Iran and some of Arab countries consume fresh lime or dry powder lime, extract juice or mix in foods (Milind, 2010; Abrahimy and Haji Vand, 2004).
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