“…maritima from Greece, PI 546420, and a sugarbeet germplasm line, L53, were characterized by Doney (1995) as unique sources of genetic variability for combining ability and root yield. To ameliorate the relatively low sucrose concentration often associated with populations derived from crosses between sugarbeet and its wild relatives, y318, y322, and y387 were backcrossed to a high-sucrose sugarbeet germplasm line, L19, and after selection released as F1030, F1031, and F1032, respectively (Campbell 2015). Seven additional germplasm lines selected from crosses between wild Beta species and a sugarbeet breeding line from California also will expedite the introduction of genetic diversity into the commercial crop (Campbell, 2009).…”