Hybrids produced from fodder beet pollinators and sugar beet or sugar-fodder beet cytoplasmic male sterile lines were evaluated for dry matter content, ease of lifting, freedom from fangs, % bolters and dry matter yield. Tetraploid fodder beets, in combination with the female lines had to be used as pollinators to produce fodder beet hybrids with medium dry matter content, good lifting properties and less fangs. Dry matter content, ease of lifting and freedom from fangs of the hybrids were highly correlated with the pollinators characteristics (r2=resp. 0.93, 0.88 and 0.95). The relationship between hybrid and male parent was not so clear for the % bolters (r2=0.69). The correlation for the dry matter yield (r2=0.78) was promising for breeding purpose. The mean yield of the hybrids was 8.6% higher than the tetraploid pollinators.