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The Incidence of Sugar Beet Seedling Diseases and Effects of Seed Treatment in England
Author(s) -
Byford W. J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1972.tb01715.x
Subject(s) - seedling , sugar beet , biology , fungicide , sugar , seed treatment , agronomy , fungus , horticulture , phoma , botany , germination , food science
SUMMARY On average, 180 samples of sugar beet seed grown in England between 1958 and 1970, and examined before being steeped in ethyl mercuric phosphate (EMP), had 39 per cent of clusters infected with Phoma betae. However, the fungus damaged few seedlings in commercial crops because this treatment controlled it. In 1969, Aphanomyces sp. was unusually prevalent in sugar beet crops. Treating EMP‐steeped seed with a protectant fungicide did not, on average, significantly increase seedling emergence or final plant stand.