Tuesday, 18 February 2020

PRO/PL> Virus yellows, sugar beet - UK: resistance breeding

Other Plant Disease -- United Kingdom
Sugar beet growers are urged to follow a four-point plan to help control beet yellows this [2020] season, as aphid populations rise due to a mild winter, and just one active insecticide remains to control virus spread. Good crop hygiene, rapid establishment, monitoring and timely targeted treatments are the key to protecting crops from infections.
After the ban of neonicotinoid seed dressings in 2018, crops have been left vulnerable to aphid attack, with just a single application of

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6999011&promed&0

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