Breeding for the Western Areas of the United States

Betaseed’s Kimberly, Idaho Research Center develops sugarbeet varieties for the western production areas, where commercial sugarbeet crops are typically irrigated, as well as varieties with specific disease resistance for all of the U.S. and other countries.

Our Idaho research staff operates breeding programs targeted to produce varieties with tolerance to specific diseases. These diseases, such as Curly Top, Rhizomania, Rhizoctonia, Erwinia, Powdery Mildew, Fusarium, and Virus Yellows, pose major threats to growers in many regions of the United States and other countries.

Kimberly researchers conduct yield trials of hundreds of potentially new varieties in Idaho, Oregon, California, northern Wyoming and southern Montana. The results are used to select new varieties for official trials of sugar companies.

The Kimberly Research Center, established in 1973, includes 170 acres of irrigated farmland for yield and disease trials. A recently constructed state-of-the art greenhouse has the capacity for producing approximately 42,000 plants for transplanting into seed production fields, thus enabling us to expand the capacity of our breeding programs.

Phone: (800) 428-8455
Email: infoseek@betaseed.com

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