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Diseases

Root rots of sugar beet

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group

A complex of sugar beet diseases caused by soil-borne fungi and oomycetes that infect the plant at various stages of ontogenesis, from seedling emergence to storage.

In the reference 75 varieties crop Sugar beet, where this is mentioned in the description.

Pathogens of root rots include a wide range of organisms: the oomycetes Pythium ultimum, Pythium debaryanum and Aphanomyces cochlioides, the basidiomycete Rhizoctonia solani, the ascomycete Phoma betae, as well as species of the genus Fusarium (F. oxysporum, F. solani, F. gibbodum, F. javanicum). Pathocomplexes may also include pectolytic bacteria.

Symptoms vary depending on the pathogen: fusarium wilts manifest as necrosis of the central bundle, wilting, and yellowing of the leaves, while rhizoctonia root rot is characterized by dry rot, the formation of brown coating, and the development of a specific brown leaf rosette.

Resistance to root rots is controlled by a family of R-genes, predominantly of the NBS-LRR class, as well as genes of the BvNHX1 and BvNHX5 type. Breeding evaluation of hybrids is conducted primarily according to susceptibility scales, such as the V. N. Shevchenko scale, and results of trials on infection plots.

General information about the subject — on the page Root rots.

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Varieties of Sugar beet mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Meteor

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

STRUBE HERMANN| Dr. Hermann Strube

DE FR NL
5 records

Fantoom

Terminated

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

MariboHilleshög ApS

DK LT SE
5 records

Boryna

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

WIELKOPOLSKA HODOWLA BURAKA CUKROWEGO SP.Z.O.O

LT NL PL
5 records

Triada

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Syngenta Crop Protection AG, CH

FR IT
5 records

Korab

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

WIELKOPOLSKA HODOWLA BURAKA CUKROWEGO SP.Z.O.O

PL UA
5 records

FD Drop

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

SAS FLORIMOND-DESPREZ Veuve et Fils

FR UA
6 records

Boa

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

SESVANDERHAVE NV-SA, BE

FR UA
6 records

Ardamax

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

SAS FLORIMOND-DESPREZ Veuve et Fils

BE UA
6 records

Silvetta

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Syngenta Seeds

CZ HU PL
5 records

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Betaseed

BE DE NL
4 records

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Karine Bounan-Henry

HR IT UA
5 records

BTS 980

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Margaret Rekoske

DE UA
5 records

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

KWS SAAT SE & CO.KGAA

BE DE NL
4 records

Sapporo

Terminated

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Syngenta Seeds

BE DE SE
4 records

Pirat

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

STRUBE GMBH AND CO. KG

LT UA
4 records

Pablo

Terminated

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

STRUBE HERMANN| Dr. Hermann Strube

DE ES FR
4 records

Orfea KWS

Terminated

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

KWS SAAT SE, DE

DE ES FR
4 records

Mishel

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Marco De Biaggi

IT LT UA
4 records

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

KWS SAAT SE & CO.KGAA

BE FR NL
4 records

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

KWS Saat SE Finanzbuchhaltung

BE FR NL
4 records

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Margaret Rekoske

IT PL UA
4 records

BTS 2730

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Margaret Rekoske

DE IT UA
4 records

BTS 1920

Active

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Henning Friehe

DE PL UA
4 records

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

KWS SAAT SE & CO.KGAA

BE DE NL
4 records