Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources
Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources
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植物遗传资源基因组学
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2014
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Frison Emile
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R. Tuberosa;Graner Andreas;Frison Emile
Leaves from beets have been used since ancient times for nutrition and the swollen roots were one of the first sweeteners in the Middle Ages that could be stored through the winter. Breeding of beets to increase sugar content began only in the 18th century, after it was uncovered that the nature of the sweet taste of sugar cane and that of beet roots relies on the same sugar molecule. The major breakthrough in breeding sugar beet was the selection of beet progenies that, unlike their wild ancestors, did not flower in the first year of growth, correlating to a high root and thus sugar yield. This was the birth of the sugar beet that became a major crop in Europe and later on worldwide. Genetics has shown that the switch from annual to biennial beets relies mainly on one gene: the ‘bolting gene’ B. However, research from model plants has shown that the regulation of flowering is complex and involves many regulatory pathways, which perceive, transduce and integrate both endogenous and environmental cues for the fine tuning of flowering. Therefore, broad approaches to study flowering time in beets have been initiated, including both forward and reverse genetic studies to elucidate the molecular nature of B as well as other components of what is likely an intricate regulatory network also in beet. This chapter will give a short history of beet use and breeding as well as strategies and results from recent and current efforts to understand the regulation of flowering time in sugar beet. 1.1 The Sugar Beet Crop and Its Cultivated and Wild Relatives Sugar beet (B. vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris Sugar Beet Group) is the only sucrose-storing species of moderate climates. It belongs to the genus Beta that is now grouped in the Amaranthaceae (formerly Chenopodiaceae) subfamily Chenopodiaceae (The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009). C. Jung ( ) · S. Melzer · A. E. Müller Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany e-mail: c.jung@plantbreeding.uni-kiel.de A. E. Müller Strube Research GmbH & Co. KG, Hauptstraße 1, 38387 Söllingen, Germany R. Tuberosa et al. (eds.), Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources, 3 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7575-6_1, © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014