Beet free periods—the key to higher sugar beet yields
James E. Duffus
California Agriculture 31(10):18-19. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v031n10p18.
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The sugar beet, a product of research, has been confronted with crisis after crisis in its role as a supplier of one of the cheapest and purest of foods. One of the most recent maladies to take heavy tolls in the production of this crop has been the aphid-transmitted yellowing virus diseases.
James E. Duffus is Plant Pathologist, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, Salinas, California, and Associate in the Experiment Station, University of California.