Compendium of Beet Diseases and Insects

Although focusing primarily on the sugarbeet, most of this book's step-by-step advice can be applied to other cultural types as well.

Table of Contents

Introduction; The Beet Plant

Part 1: Biotic Diseases and Disorders

Disease Development; Pathogens of Beet; Seedling Diseases

Foliar Diseases Caused by Fungi; Cercospora Leaf Spot; Pamularia Leaf Spot; Phoma Leaf Spot; Alternaria Leaf Spot; Rhizoctonia Foliar Blight; Beet Rust and Seedling Rust; Powdery Mildew; Downy Mildew; Beet Tumor (or Crown Wart); Miscellaneous Foliar Fungi; Root Diseases Caused by Fungi; Black Rot; Charcoal Rot; Fusarium Yellows; Phoma Root Rot; Phymatotrichum Root Rot; Phytophthora Root Rot; Pythium Root Rot; Rhizoctonia Root and Crown Rot; Rhizopus Root Rot; Southern Sclerotium Root Rot; Verticillium Wilt; Violet Root Rot

Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Bacteria-like Organisms; Bacterial Vascular Necrosis and Rot; Bacterial Leaf Spot; Yellow Wilt; Beet Latent Rosette; Other Bacterial Diseases

Diseases Caused by Viruses and Virus-like Entities; Beet Yellows; Beet Yellow Stunt; Beet Western Yellows; Lettuce Infectious Yellows; Beet Yellow Vein; Beet Yellow Net; Rhizomania (Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein); Cucumber Mosaic; Beet Mosaic; Beet Leaf Curl; Beet Curly Top; Beet Savoy

Nematode Parasites of Sugar Beet; Sugar Beet Nematode; Clover Cyst Nematode; Root-Knot Nematodes; False Root-Knot Nematodes; Stubby-Root Nematodes and Needle Nematodes; Stem and Bulb Nematode and Potato Rot Nematode; Nematodes of Lesser Importance; Storage Rot of Sugar Beet

Part 2: Major Insects and Arthropods

Root Feeders; Sugar Beet Root Maggot; Pale-Striped Flea Beetle; Wireworms; White Grubs; Sugar Beet Root Aphid; Garden Symphylan; Leaf and Crown Feeders; Sugar Beet Crown Borer; Beet Petiole Borer; Webworms; Cutworms; Armyworms; Flea Beetles; Blister Beetles; Carrion Beetles; Grasshoppers; Spinach Leaf Miner; Lygus Bugs; False Chinch Bug; Spider Mites; Aphids; Beet Leafhopper; Empoasca Leafhoppers; Sweet-Potato Whitefly; Yellow Wilt Leafhopper

Part 3: Abiotic Disorders; Nutritional Disorders

Uniform Yellowing; Stunted Greening; Leaf Scorch; Growing-Point Damage; Yellowing with Green Veining; Herbicide Damage Leaf and Stem Abnormalities; Root Abnormalities; Herbicide Soil Residues; Other Herbicide Injuries; Minimizing Herbicide Injury; Other Disorders; Drought; Hail Damage Lightning; Wind Damage; Freezing Damage; Crusting; Soil Compaction; Salt Injury; Dodder; Rodents; Genetic Disorders

Diseases Diagnosis; Key to Seedling Diseases; Key to Foliar Diseases Caused by Fungi; Key to Root Diseases Caused by Fungi; Key to Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Bacterialike Organisms; Key to Diseases Caused by Viruses and Viruslike Entities; Key to Nematode Parasites of Sugar Beet; Key to Storage Rot of Sugar Beet; Key to Major Insects and Arthropods; Key to Nutritional Disorders; Key to Herbicide Damage; Key to Other Disorders; Appendix I. Classification of Sugar Beet Insects and Related Arthropod Pests; Appendix II. Life History Data of Sugar Beet Insects and Related Arthropod Pests

Glossary; Index; Color Plates