Germplasm: AKER_12159

AKER_12159

PI 656592

https://doi.org/10.15454/YKXAEE

Male sterile plants of a California breeding line, 3747, were pollinated with pollen from 249 plants representing 38 wild B. vulgaris ssp. maritima accessions originally collected in Ireland.

F1019 was developed with the intent of introducing diversity into the narrow genetic base of the commercial sugarbeet crop. Roots of F1019 have white skin and flesh. F1019 is segregating for green and red hypocotyls. Six-year average root yields were 83% of an adapted commercial hybrid sucrose concentrations averaged 14 g/kg less than the commercial hybrid. Preliminary screenings indicate F1019 is susceptible to Rhizoctonia root and crown rot (Rhizoctonia solani K hn) and rhizomania (Beet necrotic yellow vein virus) and may have some resistance to powdery mildew (Erysiphe polygoni DC).

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