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The chromosome bearing the gene(s) for resistance to the beet cyst nematode (Heterodera schachtii Schm.), could be transferred from Beta patellaris to B. vulgaris by interspecific hybridization and repeated backcrossing. A tetraploidized B. vulgaris originating from Anatolia (Turkey) was used as an intermediate. After several backcrosses with a number of different tetraploid and diploid beet cultivars, monosomic additions could be obtained which had the resistance bearing chromosome of B. patellaris. Cytological techniques were used for the study of this chromosome in resistant hybrids and monosomic additions. The analysis of pairing behaviour of the B. patellaris chromosome was hampered by the occurrence of non-specific stickiness of the chromosomes in meiocytes at pachytene and diakinesis.
Moreover, the nature of resistance in monosomic additions was studied in growth cabinet experiments, revealing that the penetration rates of the larvae into the root system did not differ from the susceptible control plants.
Among the F1B6 and F1B7 backcross derivatives, no plants with intermediate levels of resistance were found.
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Heijbroek, W., Roelands, A.J. & De Jong, J.H. Transfer of resistance to beet cyst nematode from Beta patellaris to sugar beet. Euphytica 32, 287–298 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00021437
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