Floral Transition in Sugar Beet

This book offers insight into the current state of investigation into the genetic basis of floral transition in sugar beet as a biennial long-day plant. It has been written by a scientist at the forefront of their field, thus providing a cross-section of current research. The topics covered include work with model organisms such as Arabidopsis. The most recent findings on the genetics of bolting and flowering and the link between reproduction and life span in sugar beet are also treated. The level of investigation, implementing various molecular biological techniques, ranges from the identification of life span determining genes by forward genetic approach to the time of floral transition by reverse genetic approach. Besides, it critically examines the significance of some lines of investigation and highlights those theories which may be most capable of providing a synthetic view of current data in the field of floral transition.