Commercial sugar beet cultivars evaluated for rhizomania resistance and storability in Idaho, 2019

Strausbaugh, C.A. (2021) Commercial sugar beet cultivars evaluated for rhizomania resistance and storability in Idaho, 2019. Plant Disease Management Reports. 15. 9 March 2021.

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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, 37 commercial cultivars were screened by growing them in a sugar beet field infested with BNYVV in Kimberly, ID during the 2019 growing season in a randomized complete block design with 6 replications. At harvest on 7-8 October 2019, roots were dug and evaluated for symptoms of rhizomania and also placed in an indoor commercial sugar beet storage building. After 145 days in storage, samples were evaluated for surface rot, weight loss, and sucrose loss. Surface root rot ranged from 10 to 68%, weight loss ranged from 14 to 25%, sucrose losses ranged from 22 to 72%, and estimated recoverable sucrose ranged from 2,442 to 9,769 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:	1693
Subjects:	Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet > Resistance Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet > Rhizomania Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet > Storage Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet
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Date Deposited:	10 Mar 2021 21:17
Last Modified:	10 Mar 2021 21:17
Item ID:	1731
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/1731