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A new genetic character of the beet Beta vulgaris L., named stem color, was described and studied genetically. This character was shown to be dominant and monogenically inherited. The first-year beet plants with the genotype Stc/_ have red leafstalks, weakly colored central rib, and colored storage root; however, the root itself is not colored. The second-year plants have a red-colored low third of the floral shoot. The plants with the genotype stc/stc are uncolored. The Stc gene was localized to the first linkage group at a distance of 17.5 ± 2.1% crossing over units from the gene B (Bolting), which controls the annual-perennial habit of beet.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Mglinets and Z.A. Osipova, 2006, published in Genetika, 2006, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 936–938.
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Mglinets, A.V., Osipova, Z.A. Genetic study of a new color of the beet Beta vulgaris L.. Russ J Genet 42, 766–768 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795406070106
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