Breeding beet for rhizo resistance
31.10.05

Current rhizomania-tolerant sugar beet varieties will almost inevitably be overcome by the virus eventually, a leading researcher told delegates at a joint Rothamsted Research Association/Applied Research Forum workshop.

But future varieties could be bred with resistance to the soil-borne fungus, Polymyxa betae, that transmits the viral infection, if promising research can be built on.

Please see attached link to article from FWI
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2005/10/31/90363/Breeding+beet+for+rhizo+resistance.htm