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For our program on the transfer of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) by cybridization inBeta vulgaris L. (sugar beet), we have developed a procedure for the isolation and culture of mesophyll protoplasts of sugar beet followed by shoot regeneration. A prerequisite proved to be the presence in the media of n-propylgallate (nPG), a lipoxygenase inhibitor. Sustained divisions were found in all accessions that were tested. Plating efficiencies and regeneration ability varied greatly from one experiment to the other and appeared to be accession-dependent. Shoots could be easily transferred to soil. A majority of the regenerants (72%) retained the diploid chromosome number. Somaclonar variation in phenotype was low (4.9%). Mitochondrial DNA probes, capable of discriminating different cytoplasms ofBeta spp. showed no rearrangements due to the protoplast and in vitro culture phase, indicating that these probes can be used to identify cybrids after asymmetric fusions. The data presented here open up possibilities for genetic engineering using protoplasts in one of the world's most important arable crops.
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Krens, F.A., Jamar, D., Rouwendal, G.J.A. et al. Transfer of cytoplasm from newBeta CMS sources to sugar beet by asymmetric fusion. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 79, 390–396 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01186084
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