The manipulation of sugar beet development: a molecular biological approach
1995
Scott, N.W. | Slater, A. | Chen, D.F. | Kirby, M.J. | Fowler, M.R. | Elliot, M.C. (De Montfort Univ., Leicester (UK). The Norman Borlaug Inst. for Plant Science Research)
Sugar beet provides almost 40 per cent of the world's sucrose. Although it is one of the most efficient temperate zone crops in terms of carbon assimilation there are still a number of important areas of its development which provide targets for improvement by gene manipulation. These include increasing sucrose content inhibition of bolting and the reduction of soil tare. To facilitate the manipulation of development so as to achieve these improvements it has been necessary to increase understanding of the regulation of cell division. Several cell cycle related gene sequences from sugar beet have been isolated and characterised. The regulation of cell division related gene expression has been studied in sugar beet cell suspension cultures. A strategy for site-specific expression of cell division regulating genes has been defined and a transformation system for sugar beet is being optimised.
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