Molecular mapping of restorer-of-fertility 2 gene identified from a sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris) homozygous for the non-restoring restorer-of-fertility 1 allele

摘要

>Key message>By genetically eliminating the major>restorer>->of>->fertility>gene (>Rf>), a weak>Rf>gene was unveiled. It is an allele of>Z>, long known as an elusive>Rf>gene in sugar beet.