Verticillium dahliae, a highly menacing soilborne pathogen, poses a significant threat to horticulture production due to its broad host range and the absence of effective chemical disease management.
FC309 is a sugar beet (Beta vulgaris spp. vulgaris) pre-breeding line released from the USDA-ARS Fort Collins Sugar Beet Genetics Lab. FC309 is a derivative of an unreleased line from the USDA-ARS Sal