Experimental sugar beet cultivars evaluated for rhizomania resistance and storability in Idaho, 2022

Strausbaugh, C.A. (2024) Experimental sugar beet cultivars evaluated for rhizomania resistance and storability in Idaho, 2022. Plant Disease Management Reports. 18(V009):1-2. 12 March 2024.

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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, six experimental cultivars were screened by growing them in a sugar beet field infested with BNYVV in Kimberly, ID during the 2022 growing season in a randomized complete block design with 6 replications. At harvest on 3-4 October 2022, roots were dug and evaluated for symptoms of rhizomania and also placed in an indoor commercial sugar beet storage building. After 152 days in storage, samples were evaluated for surface rot, weight loss, and sucrose loss. Surface root rot ranged from 19 to 87%, weight loss ranged from 11 to 21%, sucrose losses ranged from 32 to 87%, and estimated recoverable sucrose ranged from 376 to 8,222 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:	1774
Subjects:	Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet > Rhizomania Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet > Storage Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet
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Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2024 16:06
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2024 16:06
Item ID:	1815
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/1815