Modifying post-harvest sucrose loss in sugar beet [Elektronische Ressource] : assessment of transgenic approaches / presented by Andrea Jansen

DISSERTATION submitted to the Combined Faculties for the Natural Sciences and for Mathematics Of the Ruperto-Carola University of Heidelberg, Germany For the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences presented by Diplom-Agrarbiologin Andrea Jansen, née Buschmeier born in: Minden (NRW), Germany Modifying post-harvest sucrose loss in sugar beet: Assessment of transgenic approaches Referees: Professor Dr. Thomas Rausch Dr. Jochen Bogs Oral examination: 25.09.2009 Table of contents 1. SUMMARY/ ZUSAMMENFASSUNG ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Summary ...................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Zusammenfassung ..................................................................................................................3 2. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Sugar beet.................................................................................................................................5 2.1.1 Sugar beet, an important crop for industrial sugar production ...........................................5 2.1.