Cultivated sugar beet, Beta vulgaris L., is a biennial plant that requires cold temperature (vernalisation) and long days to initiate flower development. The aims of our investigations are to develop ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown gene in sugar beets that blocks flowering. Only with the cold of winter is the gene shut off, allowing the sugar beet to blossom in its second year.

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Researchers at Umeå Plant Science Center in Sweden discovered, in collaboration with the Syngenta company, a previously unknown gene in sugar beets that blocks flowering. Only with the cold of winter ...