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Beta Maritima: The Origin of Beets

Beta Maritima: The Origin of Beets

Biancardi, Enrico
Panella, Leonard W.
McGrath, J. Mitchell

Hardcover

Anatomy & PhysiologyBiologyBotany & Horticulture

ISBN10: 3030287475
ISBN13: 9783030287474
Publisher: Springer
Published: Dec 10 2019
Pages: 284
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book, now in its second edition, provides researchers and operators a complete description of all aspects regarding the wild ancestor of sugar beet. The possibility of crossing modern crops with the ancestors from which they are derived in order to recover some traits lost through domestication is increasingly attracting interest. The selective process implemented by the first growers led to the elimination of features not considered useful at the time. Yet some of these lost traits have now become very important. In fact, in many areas sugar beet cultivation would now be impossible without the transfer of some genetic resistances from Beta maritima, the crop's ancestor. Moreover, the isolation of such traits is becoming increasingly critical with regard to current and future environmental and economic considerations on e.g. the use of pesticides.

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