November
2007
, Volume
91
, Number
11
Pages
1,459
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1,463
Authors
Carl A. Strausbaugh and
Anne M. Gillen, USDA-ARS NWISRL, 3793 North 3600 East, Kimberly, ID 83341;
Stacey Camp, Amalgamated Sugar Co., 50 S. 500 W., Paul, ID 83347;
Clinton C. Shock and
Eric P. Eldredge, Oregon State University, Malheur Exp. Stn., 595 Onion Ave., Ontario, OR 97914; and
John J. Gallian, University of Idaho, Research and Extension Center, Twin Falls 83303
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Accepted for publication 18 June 2007.
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) varieties were evaluated for disease resistance to curly top to establish if disease ratings made in inoculated nurseries correlated with disease ratings and yield in sugar beet crops exposed to natural disease outbreaks. Cultivars were planted both in inoculated curly top nurseries in Kimberly, ID, and in commercial cultivar trials in irrigated fields near Ontario, OR and Nampa, ID. Plants were evaluated for curly top using a rating scale of 0 (no symptoms) to 9 (dead). Moderate disease pressure in the Ontario (mean rating = 3.8) and Nampa (mean rating = 4.1) fields resulted in significant differences for disease rating, root yield, sugar content, and estimated recoverable sugar among cultivars. Disease ratings from both commercial fields were positively correlated (r = 0.91 and 0.82, P < 0.0001) with ratings from the inoculated nurseries. In commercial fields, root yield was negatively related to disease rating (r2 = 0.47 and 0.39, P ≤ 0.0004). For each unit increase in disease rating (increasing susceptibility), root yield decreased 5.76 to 6.93 t/ha. Thus, curly top nurseries reliably predict curly top resistant cultivars for commercial cultivation.
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Additional keywords:BCTV, beet leafhopper, BMCTV, BSCTV, Circulifer tenellus, Curtovirus, geminivirus
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The American Phytopathological Society, 2007