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A geographically representative selection of germplasm of Beta vulgaris, section Beta has been assessed for characteristics important in sugarbeet breeding, including downy mildew resistance, resistance to aphid colonisation and infection by the beet virus yellow complex. The occurrence of maintainer lines for cytoplasmic male-steriles was also investigated. Desirable qualities were found in some accessions, including nothern European wild vulgaris ssp. maritima and some old multigerm cultivars of fodder beets.
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Dale, M.F.B., Ford-Lloyd, B.V. & Arnold, M.H. Variation in some agronomically important characters in a germplasm collection of beet (Beta vulgaris L.). Euphytica 34, 449–455 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00022941
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