ENGINEERING OF BOLTING RESISTANCE IN SUGAR BEET BY MEANS OF THE TRANSGENIC EXPRESSION OF THE BEET HOMOLOGUE OF FLOWERING TIME CONTROL GENE FT

摘要

This invention relates to the field of bolting and flowering time control in sugar beet, specifically to methods as well as nucleic acid molecules, chimeric constructs, and vectors for engineering bolting resistance in sugar beet by means of altering the expression of the Beta vulgaris homologues BvFT1 and BvFT2 of the FT gene. In particular, the present invention provides sugar beet plants having a phenotype of bolting resistance.