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research article

Sugar-beet mosaic tests: Disease may cause considerable reduction in yields of sugar and garden beets grown for seed

authors

Henry H. P. Severin, Experiment Station, Berkeley.

publication information

California Agriculture 3(2):6-14. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v003n02p6. February 1949.

author affiliations

Henry H. P. Severin is Entomologist in the Experiment Station, Berkeley.

abstract

Not available – first paragraph follows:

Sugar-beet mosaic investigations conducted in California include tests on the host range, symptoms of the disease, properties of the causing virus, and various aspects of transmission by insects— especially aphids.

author notes

Roger M. Drake, who was a graduate student in Entomology and Parasitology at the time of these studies, assisted with the research reported above.

The above progress report is based upon Research Project No. 657.