Germplasm: AKER_12168

AKER_12168

PI 658402

https://doi.org/10.15454/ORYPZL

Male sterile plants of a California breeding line, 3747, were pollinated with pollen from 35 plants representing 6 wild B. atriplicifolia accessions.

F1021 was developed with the intent of introducing diversity into the narrow genetic base of the commercial sugarbeet crop. Roots of F1021 have white skin and flesh. Hypocotyl color of F1021 segregates red and green. Six-year average root yields were 61% of an adapted commercial hybrid sucrose concentrations averaged 16 g/kg less than the commercial hybrid. Preliminary screenings indicate F1021 is susceptible to Rhizoctonia root and crown rot (Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn) and rhizomania (Beet necrotic yellow vein virus).

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