US 11,985,951 B2
Citrus greening resistant orange trees and related methods thereof
Randy Wayne White, Sanibel, FL (US)
Assigned to Randy Wayne White, Sanibel, FL (US)
Filed by Randy Wayne White, Sanibel, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/510,124.
Application 17/510,124 is a continuation of application No. 16/478,808, granted, now 11,185,031, previously published as PCT/US2018/014084, filed on Jan. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/447,795, filed on Jan. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287263 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01H 5/10 (2018.01); A01G 2/30 (2018.01); A01G 17/02 (2006.01); A01H 6/78 (2018.01)
CPC A01H 6/785 (2018.05) [A01G 2/30 (2018.02); A01G 17/02 (2013.01); A01H 5/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
 
1. A composite citrus tree comprising a fruiting cultivar scion grafted to a wild rootstock,
wherein the wild rootstock is (a) obtained from a seed deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-124301 or (b) obtained from tissues of a plant grown from the seed deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-124301,
wherein the composite citrus tree is resistant to citrus-greening and water having elevated levels of salt content of 50 ppm to 50,000 ppm, and
wherein the composite citrus tree yields commercially viable fruit following exposure to a citrus greening disease and either coastal flood water or brackish groundwater.