Explore the Sugar Beet Genome

Beta vulgaris is a highly variable taxon comprising the cultivated forms chard, beetroot, fodder beet, and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. altissima Döll). The species is diploid with 2n=18 chromosomes and an estimated genome size of 714-758 Mbp. Among angiosperms, sugar beet is classified into the order of Caryophyllales (Amaranthaceae family). Funding by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has permitted the generation of molecular resources such as BAC libraries, ESTs, genetic maps, and genomic sequences from this species. Here, we present data generated in the context of several projects. BMBF-funded projects were GABI Beet Physical Map, GABI Future BeetSeq, and Plant2030 AnnoBeet. Further studies on the genomes of cultivated beets and wild beets (projects BeetSelect and CultiBeet) were funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Current work on beets is funded through projects BeetSV (FWF) and PRO-WILD (Horizon Europe).

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