Other Plant Disease -- United Kingdom
Resistance to one of the key fungicide groups used to control cercospora leaf spot in sugar beet has been discovered in the UK for the 1st time. Samples from Cornwall, Suffolk, and Lincolnshire, collected as part of a large-scale European monitoring programme, have confirmed disease resistance to all strobilurin fungicide chemistry.
The British Beet Research Organisation's (BBRO) Mark Stevens says the discovery is concerning, but that it needs to be viewed in context. While cercospora can
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