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Bacterial rot of sugarbeet: Problem and solution

authors

Milton N. Schroth, Plant Pathology
Elvin D. Whitney, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sherman V. Thomson, Utah State University
Robert T. Lewellen, USDA
F. Jackson Hills, U.C. Davis

publication information

California Agriculture 33(7):9-9. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v033n07p9. July-August 1979.

author affiliations

Milton N. Schroth is Professor of Plant Pathology, U.C., Berkeley; Elvin D. Whitney is Plant Pathologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Salinas; Sherman V. Thomson is Extension Plant Pathologist, Utah State University; Robert T. Lewellen is Geneticist, USDA, Salinas; F. Jackson Hills is Extension Agronomist, U.C., Davis.

abstract

Bacterial rot has become a major problem in sugarbeets with widespread use of the new virus yellows-resistant varieties, US H9, and US H10. Now, researchers have come up with a new line that is not only yellows-resistant but also resistant to the bacterium, Erwinia betavasulorum.

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