[dw2, a new mutation of beet Beta vulgaris L].

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Twelve dwarf plants were found in the second hybrid generation of beet. The average height of mutant plants was 21.8 cm, their leaf blades and flowers were significantly smaller than normal, and the plants exhibited male and female sterility. This dwarfism was shown to be caused by a mutation differing from that previously described in beet, which is named dwarf2 (dw2). The experimental evidence suggests that...

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