Rapid identification of agronomically important genes is of pivotal interest for crop breeding. One source of such genes are crop wild relative (CWR) populations. Here we used a CWR population of <200 wild beets (B. vulgaris ssp. maritima), sampled in their natural habitat, to identify the sugar beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris) resistance gene Rz2 with a modified version of mapping-by-sequenc...

UDP-glucose:(1,3)-beta-glucan synthase from Beta vulgaris L. was rapidly inactivated by treatment with phospholipases C, D, and A(2). Enzyme activity could not be restored to the phospholipase-treated enzyme by the addition of phosphatidylethanolamine or other phospholipids. Membrane-bound and solubilized glucan synthase were also trypsin-labile with inactivation rates equal in the presence or ...

Most information about the molecular biology of phaseolin, the major seed storage protein in Phaseolus vulgaris, has been obtained from the T-type phaseolin, which is characteristic of the Andean gene pool of the species. In the work reported here, two cDNA clones for the S-type phaseolin representing the other major, Middle American gene pool were isolated and sequenced. Analysis of the DNA se...

Transitions in carbohydrate metabolism and translocation rate were studied for evidence of control of export by the sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. Klein E.) source leaf. Steady-state labeling was carried out for two consecutive 14-hour light periods and various quantities related to translocation were measured throughout two 24-hour periods. Starch accumulation following illumination was delayed....