Sugarbeet Pest Management Guidelines
UC agricultural management guidelines for control of sugarbeet pests. Relative Toxicities of Pesticides Used in Sugarbeet to Natural Enemies and Honey Bees (11/05) Sugarbeet Weed Photo Gallery, with Common and Scientific Names (11/05) Aphid-borne ... [... more]
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Pathogen: Beet curly top virus (BCTV)
Leaves are dwarfed, crinkled, and rolled upward and inward. Veins on the lower side of infected leaves are irregularly swollen. If roots are cut crosswise, dark rings of vascular tissue can be seen. Beet curly top virus is vectored by the beet ... [... more]
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UC Management Guidelines for Whiteflies on Sugarbeet
Whitefly adults are tiny (0.06 inch), yellowish insects with white wings. They are found mostly on the undersides of leaves. The tiny, oval eggs hatch into a first larval stage that has legs and antennae, which will be lost after the first molt. ... [... more]
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Empoasca Leafhoppers
UC Management Guidelines for Empoasca Leafhoppers on Sugarbeet. The two species Empoasca fabaeand E. solana constitute over 90% of the Empoasca species found in sugarbeet. They are nearly identical morphologically and can only be distinguished by ... [... more]
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Whitefly-borne Viruses
UC Management Guidelines for Whitefly-Borne Viruses on Sugarbeet. Symptoms are similar to those caused by aphid-transmitted beet yellows virus. Early symptoms are a very mild mottle that later develop into interveinal yellowing or reddening. ... [... more]
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Rhizopus Root Rot
UC Management Guidelines for Rhizopus Root Rot on Sugarbeet. This disease first appears as a temporary wilting of foliage during periods of stress; as the disease advances wilting becomes permanent. After death of the beet, the foliage and root ... [... more]
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Scientific name: Circulifer tenellus
The beet leafhopper is approximately 0.125 inches long, wedge shaped, and pale green to gray or brown in color. It may have dark markings on the upper surface of the body. It can be distinguished from Empoasca leafhoppers by its darker markings; ... [... more]
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UC Management Guidelines for Webworms on Sugarbeet
Webworms overwinter as larvae or pupa and emerge in early spring. Adults are small buff to smoky brown colored moths that are active at night. They may be readily observed flying out of the foliage during the day as you walk through the field. ... [... more]
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Aphids, Other
Occasionally aphids, particularly winged forms, of the above species may be found in sugarbeet. With the exception of potato aphid, they rarely, if ever, colonize sugarbeet. Control is rarely required when these species are present. Some of these ... [... more]
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Rhizomania
Rhizomania is characterized by root stunting and a proliferation of lateral rootlets on the main taproot that give the root a bearded appearance. The storage root is often constricted (turnip-shaped) below the soil level and rotted. The vascular ... [... more]
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Seedling Diseases
UC Management Guidelines for Seedling Diseases on Sugarbeet. Seedling diseases can appear as seed decays, preemergence damping-off, or postemergence damping-off. Depending on the pathogen, most of the seed tissue is susceptible to infection, ... [... more]
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Green Peach Aphid
UC Management Guidelines for Green Peach Aphid on Sugarbeet. Green peach aphid is among the most common aphid species found on sugarbeet. The aphid may be present at any time throughout the year but is most common from March through May and ... [... more]
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