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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 - 19 Mar 2012
Mutasa-Göttgens Effie S, Joshi Anagha, Holmes Helen F, Hedden Peter, Göttgens Berthold
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris sp. vulgaris) crops account for about 30% of world sugar. Sugar yield is compromised by reproductive growth hence crops must remain vegetative until harvest. Prolonged exposure to cold temperature (vernalization) in the range 6 °C to 12 °C induces reproductive growth, leading to bolting (rapid elongation of the main stem) and flowering. Spring cultivation of crops in cool...
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