Commercial sugar beet cultivars evaluated for rhizomania resistance and storability in Idaho, 2015

Strausbaugh, C.A. and Wambolt, C (2016) Commercial sugar beet cultivars evaluated for rhizomania resistance and storability in Idaho, 2015. Plant Disease Management Reports. 10(FC187). 5 September 2016.

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Abstract

Rhizomania caused by Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) and storage losses are serious sugar beet production problems. To identify sugar beet cultivars with resistance to BNYVV and evaluate storability, 28 commercial cultivars were screened by growing them in a sugar beet field infested with BNYVV in Kimberly, ID during the 2015 growing season in a randomized complete block design with 6 replications. At harvest on 28-29 September 2015, roots were dug and evaluated for symptoms of rhizomania and also placed in an indoor commercial sugar beet storage building. After 136 days in storage, samples were evaluated for surface rot, weight loss, and sucrose loss. Surface root rot ranged from 13 to 81%, weight loss ranged from 9.2 to 21.0%, sucrose losses ranged from 24 to 89%, and estimated recoverable sucrose ranged from 439 to 8,057 lb/A. Given these response ranges, selecting cultivars for rhizomania resistance and combining this resistance with storability will lead to considerable economic benefit for the sugar beet industry.

Item Type:	Article
NWISRL Publication Number:	1583
Subjects:	Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet > Rhizomania Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet > Storage Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet
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Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2016 17:13
Last Modified:	06 Sep 2016 17:13
Item ID:	1626
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/1626