Production of Doubled Haploid Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) Plants Through Gynogenesis

Songul Gurel, Arman Pazuki, Fatemeh Aflaki, Ekrem Gurel*

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Abstract

Haploid and doubled haploid plant production through unpollinated ovule culture, with diverse benefits and applications, is considered among the most effective and advantageous breeding method for sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). It is known that sugar beet is not responsive to androgenesis, which is widely used for most plant species. Sugar beet is a recalcitrant plant in vitro due to the very low spontaneous chromosome doubling and low gynogenesis rate. Thus, a steadily increasing gynogenesis efficiency has always been an important target for an efficient sugar beet breeding program. Given the scarcity of published papers focusing on gynogenesis in sugar beet, this chapter describes haploid and doubled haploid production through ovule culture of unfertilized flowers as a practical method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages313-323
Number of pages11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2289
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

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© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Keywords

  • Doubled haploids
  • Gynogenesis
  • Haploids
  • Ovule culture
  • Sugar beet
  • Unfertilized flowers

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