title: Investigation of residual DNAs in sugar from sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.).
abstract: Genetically modified (GM) sugar beets have been bred for use as food and animal feed. To evaluate the applicability of GMO analyses to beet sugar products, we investigated residual DNA in eight sorts of in-process beet sugar samples and commercial beet sugar products. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analyses with taxon-specific primers indicated that sugar beet DNA was degraded at an early stage of sugar processing, and no PCR amplification was detected from the investigated sugar products because of low DNA recovery and/or PCR inhibition.
authors.affiliation: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058642, Japan.
authors.forename: Taichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oguchi
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onishi
authors.forename: Yukie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chikagawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: Emiri
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Teshima
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Futo
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hino
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furui
authors.forename: Kazumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitta