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Table 2 Sugar beet parental lines used to generate F1 diploid and F1 triploid hybrid offspring

From: Hybridity has a greater effect than paternal genome dosage on heterosis in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)

♂

2× DH (AA)

4× (AAAA)

2× DH (BB)

4× (BBBB)

4× hybrid (CCCC)

4× hybrid (DDDD)

♀

2× hybrid (‘Tester 1’) (EE)

F1 2× hybrid (EA)

F1 3× hybrid (EAA)

F1 2× hybrid (EB)

F1 3× hybrid (EBB)

−

2× hybrid (‘Tester 2’) (FF)

−

F1 3× hybrid (FCC)

−

2× hybrid (‘Tester 3’) (GG)

−

F1 3× hybrid (GDD)

  1. DH Double Haploid. Different genotypes specified in parentheses. A A genotype; B B genotype; C C genotype; D D genotype; E genotype E; F genotype F; G genotype G