An EMS mutagenesis protocol for sugar beet and isolation of non-bolting mutants

Plant Breeding

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-321

  Hohmann, U ^a   Jacobs, G ^a   Jung, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta vulgaris; Ethylmethanesulfonate; Non bolting; TILLING; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 23844468797     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2005.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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