Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Crop wild relative populations of Beta vulgaris allow direct mapping of agronomically important genes

  • Gina G. Capistrano-Gossmann,
  • D. Ries,
  • D. Holtgräwe,
  • A. Minoche,
  • T. Kraft,
  • S.L.M. Frerichmann,
  • T. Rosleff Soerensen,
  • J. C. Dohm,
  • I. González,
  • M. Schilhabel,
  • M. Varrelmann,
  • H. Tschoep,
  • H. Uphoff,
  • K. Schütze,
  • D. Borchardt,
  • O. Toerjek,
  • W. Mechelke,
  • J. C. Lein,
  • A. W. Schechert,
  • L. Frese,
  • H. Himmelbauer,
  • B. Weisshaar,
  • F. J. Kopisch-Obuch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15708
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Variation among wild relatives of crop plants can be used to identify genes underlying traits of agronomic importance. Here, the authors show that a modified mapping-by-sequencing approach can rapidly identify the genetic basis for viral resistance in sugar beet using wild beet populations in their natural habitat.