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Diseases affecting this crop.

Resources in This Category

• Beet Armyworm: Spodoptera exigua

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN262
  Photographs and information on the life cycle of this pest, its description, host plants, damage, sampling, natural enemies, insecticides and biological control.

• Beet Curly Top Virus, Hybrigeminivirus

  http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0454050
  Photograph of an affected young sugar beet plant.

• Beet Leaf Curl Virus, Rhabdovirus

  http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0454053
  Photograph of affected plants and a description of the symptoms.

• Diseases of Beet (Beta vulgaris)

  http://www.apsnet.org/publications/commonnames/Pages/Beet.aspx
  Provides a list of the common and scientific names of the bacterial, fungal, viral and nematode diseases that may infect this crop.

• Flea Beetles on Sugar Beets

  http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex580
  Description and life history of flea beetles, Psylliodes punctulata melsheimer, on sugar beet plants, the damage caused and possible control measures.

• Sugar Beet Nematode

  http://nematode.unl.edu/extpubs/wyosbn.htm
  Account of the damage caused by this pathogen, control measures, and photographs and drawings.

• Sugar Beet Root Aphid

  http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex726
  Photographs and information on the life history of Pemphigus betae, the damage it causes and possible control measures.

• Sugarbeet Pest Management

  http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.sugarbeet.html
  Provides general information on pesticides and details of the diseases, insects, mites, nematodes and weeds that may attack this crop.

• Wireworms on Sugar Beets

  http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex608
  Several species of wireworm, Limonius spp., can feed on sugar beets and cause reduced plant growth or death of the plant. Information on the damage caused and possible control measures.

 

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