Genetic and Genomic Tools to Asssist Sugar Beet Improvement: The Value of the Crop Wild Relatives

Genetic and Genomic Tools to Asssist Sugar Beet Improvement: The Value of the Crop Wild Relatives

Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris) is one of the most important European crops for both food and sugar production. Crop improvement has been developed to enhance productivity, sugar content or other breeder's desirable traits. The introgression of traits from Crop Wild Relatives (CWR)...

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Main Authors: Filipa Monteiro, Lothar Frese, Sílvia Castro, Maria C. Duarte, Octávio S. Paulo, João Loureiro, Maria M. Romeiras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
Beta
Patellifolia
crop wild relatives
crop breeding pool
next-generation sequencing
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00074/full

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