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History of
ian official research stations v-.ri II be summarized here. Notwithstanding, it is sti ll a rather
unknown activity that resu lted in findings that
improved worldwide performance of sugarbeers. One could say thar some rrairs ofthe
modern varieties, including important disease
resista nces, originated and were distributed
thanks to the mentioned cooperation.
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Rhizomania
Similarly successful results occurred in the
field of rhizomania resistance. Munerati didn't
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Viacheslav Savitsky was a leading sugarbeet breeder and geneticist in the former Soviet Union. He and his wife, Helen, immigrated
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contacts with Munerati, who understood Rus-
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was the grand opening of the new research facilities at the Rovigo Station, completely built
\vith U.S. fund s. This could be more evidence
for the coll ective but unpubl ished knowledge
and cooperation betv.reen scientists in Ttaly and
the U.S. at this time.
Starting in the 1980s, the old , fruitful
and tradilional collaboration was continued
between Lewellen and Biancardi- working at
the stalions of Salinas and Rovigo respectively
-and increased time after Lime. The partnership has been expanded to the stations of
USDA-ARS at Fon Collins, Colo. ; East Lansing,
Mich.; and Fargo, N.D. [with Leonard Panella,
Mitch McGrath and Larry Campbell respectively I, with important results and publications, as
always, without specific finandal support. An
example is the book on Beta maritima recently
published by Biancardi, Panella and Lewellen
(reviewed by Sugar Producer, April2012}.
Piergiorgio Stevanato, currently working
at the Padua University, is the new scientist in
this continu ing collaboration that has resu lted
in new resea rch papers being published on
germplasm resources, enhancement, genetics
and molecular characterization. And so, the
story goes on.
Acknowledgements
This article was written in collaboration with Robert Lewellen and Enrico Biancardi, who experienced more or less directly the second half of lhe abcve story. Because many of the details
described are unpublished, their help should be remembered with gratitude.
Piergiorgio Stevanato
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