УДК 633.63:631.52:575

CURRENT STATE OF FOREIGN INVESTIGATION ON GENETICS AND BREEDING OF SUGAR BEET

A.V. Kornienko, I.V. Apasov, A.K. Butorina, T.P. Zhuzhzhalova

The authors discussed the results of investigations of foreign scientists during last decade on widening of genetic basis of sugar beet, introgression genes from wild related species for an increase of resistance of varieties and hybrids to plant pests and diseases and also the data on study of genetic variability of varieties of the Beta genus with the use of molecular methods.

Keywords: modern foreign investigations, sugar beet, genetics, molecular markers, breeding, wild beet potential, resistance.

 

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All-Russia Research and Development Institute of Sugar Beet and Sugar, Voronezh province, Ramon’ settlement 396030, Russia
e-mail: kornienko@mikbsl.vsi.ru

Received October 30, 2008

 

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