The purpose of this work was to verify the existence of seedlings originated from the zygotic embryo, in commercial nurseries of citric seedlings. I was used the AFLP technique and four species of citrus rootstocks. It was observed a narrow genetic base among the tested species and also a great variability among the materials, independent of the nursery that they were collected. These results showed that the visual selection, commonly done in the nurseries, is inefficient.
AFLP; Citrus limonia; Citrus reshni; Citrus sunki; Citrus paradise x Poncirus trifoliata
