Analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism of Japanese sugar beet lines with incomplete monogermity.

Abstract

Two Japanese sugar beet line with incomplete monogermity, TK-80-2BR 2 mm-CMS and its maintainer TK-80-2BR 2 mm-O, were analyzed with a probe linked with a major gene of monogermity, M-m, for restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). The relationship between monogermity and the RFLP pattern was suggested, although the ambiguous phenotypes were sometimes observed.