Biennial sugar beets capable of flowering without vernalization treatment

A biennial sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) generally takes two years to flower and complete its life cycle. In year one, the plant grows vegetatively then enters a cold winter period. two, reproductively initiates flowering under long-day conditions. Among beets that grow in outdoor field conditions, test strains were preliminarily found early 24-h daylength conditions without being exposed temperatures. To confirm this phenomenon’s genetics, crossings between normal biennials yielded hybrid derivatives of F1, F2, BC1F1, bolting rate was investigated both an natural greenhouse with artificial daylength. The did not bolt field, similar control strains. This enables assessment important agronomic traits, such as yield, which cannot be evaluated using annual strain all plants are bolted. However, bolted vernalization treatment, unlike strains, but annuals. Hybrid derivatives’ rates suggest characteristics mainly controlled by single dominant gene. hypothetical responsible gene named ‘BLOND’ ‘Bd’, respectively. Because seed production BLOND is estimated take at least four months, beet, BLOND’s may applicable for speed breeding beets.