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Bolting and flowering control in sugar beet: relationships and effects of gibberellin, the bolting gene B and vernalization.
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- Genotype, Vernalization Duration and Nutrition Interactions in Sugar Beet Speed Breeding.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping and Identification of Candidate Genes Controlling Bolting in Spinach (Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- SNP Alleles Associated With Low Bolting Tendency in Sugar Beet.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- Physiological and Biochemical Changes in Sugar Beet Seedlings to Confer Stress Adaptability under Drought Condition.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Vernalization Alters Sink and Source Identities and Reverses Phloem Translocation from Taproots to Shoots in Sugar Beet.The Plant cell · 2020Article
- Analysis of the quinoa genome reveals conservation and divergence of the flowering pathways.Functional & integrative genomics · 2020Article
- Deciphering the complex nature of bolting time regulation in Beta vulgaris.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2017Article
- A new polymorphism on chromosome 6 associated with bolting tendency in sugar beet.BMC genetics · 2015Article
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- A new RNASeq-based reference transcriptome for sugar beet and its application in transcriptome-scale analysis of vernalization and gibberellin responses.BMC genomics · 2012Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsBolting, the first visible sign of reproductive transition in beets (Beta vulgaris), is controlled by the dominant bolting gene B (B allele), which allows for flowering under long days (LDs, >14 h light) without prior vernalization. The B-locus carries recessive alleles (bb) in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. spp. vulgaris), so that vernalization and LDs are required for bolting and flowering. Gibberellin growth hormones (GAs) control stem elongation and reproductive development, but their role during these processes in sugar beet is not defined. We aimed to investigate the involvement of GAs in bolting and flowering in sugar beet, and also its relationship with the vernalization requirement as defined by the B-gene. METHODOLOGY: Plants segregating for the B allele were treated with exogenous GA(4) under inductive (16 h light) and non-inductive (8 h light) photoperiods, with and without prior vernalization treatment. A co-dominant polymerase chain reaction (PCR) marker was used to genotype the B-gene locus. Bolting and flowering dates were scored, and bolt heights were measured as appropriate. Analysis of variance was used to determine the effects and interactions of GAs, the B allele and vernalization on bolting and flowering. The effects of the B allele on bolting were also verified in the field. PRINCIPAL
resultsApplication of GAs or the B allele could initiate bolting independently. When the B allele was absent, the applied GAs promoted stem growth, but did so only in vernalized plants, irrespective of photoperiod. Under LDs, bolt height before flowering in plants carrying the B allele (BB; Bb) was not significantly influenced by GAs. The timing and frequency of flowering were influenced by the B allele without interactive effects from GAs.
conclusionsIn sugar beet, GA acts independently of the B allele and photoperiod to induce bolting. Vernalization enables GA action independently of the B allele; hence, the dominant B allele may not directly participate in vernalization-induced bolting.
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