Biotechnology applications for sugar beet

E Gurel, S Gurel, PG Lemaux - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) is an important industrial crop, being one of only two plant
sources from which sucrose (ie, sugar) can be economically produced. Despite its relatively …

Genetic Transformation in Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.): Technologies and Applications

E Mukherjee, S Gantait - Sugar Tech, 2023 - Springer
Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) is a potential cash crop of immense commercial importance.
The crop finds many industrial utilizations owing to its rich carbohydrate storage reserves …

Transgenic salt‐tolerant sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) constitutively expressing an Arabidopsis thaliana vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter gene, AtNHX3, accumulates …

HUA Liu, Q Wang, M Yu, Y Zhang, Y Wu… - Plant, cell & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In Arabidopsis thaliana, six vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporters (AtNHX1‐6) were identified. Among
them, AtNHX1, 2 and 5 are functional Na+/H+ antiporters with the most abundant expression …

High-efficiency transformation of the diploid strawberry (Fragaria vesca) for functional genomics

T Oosumi, HA Gruszewski, LA Blischak, AJ Baxter… - Planta, 2006 - Springer
Fragaria vesca L., a diploid (2 n= 2 x= 14) relative of the commercial octoploid strawberry, is
an attractive model for functional genomics research in Rosaceae. Its small genome size …

Genetic transformation of the sugar beet plastome

F De Marchis, Y Wang, P Stevanato, S Arcioni… - Transgenic …, 2009 - Springer
It is very important for the application of chloroplast engineering to extend the range of
species in which this technology can be achieved. Here, we describe the development of a …

Efficient transformation of beet (Beta vulgaris) and production of plants with improved salt-tolerance

AF Yang, XG Duan, XF Gu, F Gao, JR Zhang - Plant cell, tissue and organ …, 2005 - Springer
Small bud tips of 1–3 mm in length were taken from multiple shoot clumps that derived from
immature inflorescence cultures of beet as recipient for the Agrobacterium-mediated …

Genetic approaches to sustainable pest management in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)

CL Zhang, DC Xu, XC Jiang, Y Zhou… - Annals of Applied …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) is an important arable crop, traditionally used for sugar extraction,
but more recently, for biofuel production. A wide range of pests, including beet cyst …

Enhanced resistance to a lepidopteran pest in transgenic sugar beet plants expressing synthetic cry1Ab gene

M Jafari, P Norouzi, MA Malboobi, B Ghareyazie… - Euphytica, 2009 - Springer
Two diploid sugar beet genotypes of agronomical importance were transformed using
Agrobactrium tumefaciens harboring pBI35S cry containing a synthetic cry1Ab gene. Leaf …

Biolistic transformation of highly regenerative sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) leaves

SD Ivic-Haymes, AC Smigocki - Plant cell reports, 2005 - Springer
Leaves of greenhouse-grown sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) plants that were first screened for
high regeneration potential were transformed via particle bombardment with the uidA gene …

Biotechnological approaches in sugar beet development

WS Philanim, A Kumar, N Shettigar - Sugar beet cultivation, management …, 2022 - Springer
Sugar beet provides looming potential for sugar production globally supplementing
sugarcane in the current scenario. The crop with the efficacy for bioethanol production from …