{"title":"Evaluation of the osmotic adjustment response within the genus Beta.","authors":"M. Bagatta, D. Pacifico, G. Mandolino","doi":"10.5274/JSBR.45.3.119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5274/JSBR.45.3.119","url":null,"abstract":"Beta genus includes both industrial and horticultural species, and wild species and subspecies, which are possible reservoirs of agronomically important characters. Among the traits for which Beta has been recently studied, drought tolerance or avoidance is one of the most important. In this work, relative water content and the osmotic potential in well-watered and stressed conditions of three beet types, one B. vulgaris subspecies and one species other than B. vulgaris, all belonging to the Beta genus, were analysed. In addition, relative water content, succulence index and osmotic potential were measured during a three-week water deprivation period, and the osmotic adjustment was estimated for each Beta accession. The results showed that succulence was higher for B. vulgaris ssp. maritima. It was also shown that all Beta accessions were capable of adjusting osmotically, but that the B. vulgaris maritima accession examined had a higher osmotic adjustment value compared to the accessions belonging to cultivated Beta types, and that the accession of the wild species Beta webbiana had a comparatively limited capacity to adjust osmotically.","PeriodicalId":403165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sugarbeet Research","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131663953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. B. Stevens, R. Violett, S. A. Skalsky, A. Mesbah
{"title":"Response of eight sugarbeet varieties to increasing nitrogen application. I. Root, sucrose, and top yield","authors":"W. B. Stevens, R. Violett, S. A. Skalsky, A. Mesbah","doi":"10.5274/JSBR.45.3.65","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5274/JSBR.45.3.65","url":null,"abstract":"Nitrogen (N) management affects the root and top biomass production of sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.). An interaction between genetic factors and the amount of N applied may influence variety selection for different N management and cropping practices. A three-year field study was conducted with the objective of comparing the relationship between applied N and root, sucrose and top yield for selected commercial sugarbeet varieties. Eight varieties were treated with five amounts of N (0, 90, 179, 269, and 358 kg N ha -1 ) at a furrow-irrigated site in northwest Wyoming. Variety affected sucrose concentration and sugar loss to molasses (SLM) in all three years, root yield and sucrose yield in one of three years, and top dry matter (TDM) yield and sucrose:TDM ratio in two of three years. All yield parameters were affected by N application rate in all three years. The variety (V) × N interaction was significant for only the sucrose:TDM ratio in two of three years and was most prominent with 0 or 90 kg ha -1 applied N at which two varieties produced higher amounts of sucrose per unit TDM than the other six varieties. Results do not suggest that N fertilizer management should be variety-specific, but the significant interaction in sucrose:TDM ratio indicates there may be differences in N response among varieties based on how","PeriodicalId":403165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sugarbeet Research","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115278411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sugarbeet Root Maggot Resistance of Hybrids with a Maggot Resistant Pollinator","authors":"L. Campbell, W. Niehaus","doi":"10.5274/JSBR.45.3.85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5274/JSBR.45.3.85","url":null,"abstract":"Sugarheet root maggot (Tetanops inyopaeforinis) is a major insect pest of sugarheet (Beta vulgaris) throughout much of North America. Host plant resistance is a potential alternative to the few chemical insecticides currently being used to control the root maggot. Gerniplasm lines with root maggot resistance have been identified but only minimal information about the resistance of hybrids created by crossing these lines with a susceptible ems parental line is available. This study compared the performance of four hybrids with a maggot resistant pollinator. F1015, and a susceptible commercial hybrid, with and without insecticide. With insecticide, the yield of the susceptible commercial hybrid was 7.8 Mg ha' greater than the root yield without insecticide. In contrast, the average root yield increase attributable to the application of insecticide for the four hybrids with F1015 as the pollinator was only 0.8 Mg ha* With insecticide, the root yield of the susceptible hybrid was equal to or greater than the root yield of the four resistant hybrids with insecticide; however, without insecticide, the yield of the susceptible hybrid was significantly lower than all the hybrids except one that also had a relatively low yield when insecticide was applied. These root yield and similar sucrose yield patterns indicated that when F1015 was used as a pollinator the resulting hybrid would have substantial root maggot resistance. The results","PeriodicalId":403165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sugarbeet Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115718092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Beta corolliflora for resistance to curly top in Idaho","authors":"A. Gillen, C. A. Strausbaugh, K. Tindall","doi":"10.5274/JSBR.45.3.99","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5274/JSBR.45.3.99","url":null,"abstract":"Curly top of sugarbeet is caused by Beet severe curly top virus (BSCTV) or closely related curtovirus species which are vectored by the beet leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus). Beta corolliflora, shown in 1969 to impart a very high level of curly top resistance to sugarbeet into the BC 2 generation, is a wild relative of cultivated sugarbeet that has not been utilized in breeding programs. The nature of curly top resistance from B. corolliflora seems to be reduced symptoms and resistance to viral accumulation. Field screening of 14 B. corolliflora accessions for resistance to curly top followed by PCR detection of BSCTV did not identify any accessions with phenotypic symptoms of curly top and 9 accessions did not have detectable virus. Clip cage inoculations followed by PCR detection of BSCTV and of related species, Beet mild curly top and Beet curly top viruses, were difficult to interpret due to small sample size but indicated that accessions BETA 408, BETA 414, BETA 528, BETA 690, and BETA 805, from Genebank Gatersleben, Foundation Liebniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany had no visible curly top symptoms or evidence of virus accumulation. Results of a preference test showed that beet leafhoppers did not","PeriodicalId":403165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sugarbeet Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127020068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sugarbeet Nematode-Resistant Trap Crops for Recovery of Residual Soil Nitrates","authors":"S. Pandiangan, D. Koch, F. A. Gray, J. Krall","doi":"10.5274/JSBR.44.3.83","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5274/JSBR.44.3.83","url":null,"abstract":"Residual soil nitrates following the main crop harvest, if not recovered, can result in environmental problems, loss of nutrients, and reduced efficiency of irrigated sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) rotations. Sugarbeet nematode (SBN)-resistant crops, also known as trap crops, grown in sugarbeet rotations to control sugarbeet cyst nematode (Heterodera schachtii Schmidt) were evaluated as cover crops (CC) for soil nitrate recovery. Cultivars of the trap crops, oil radish (Raphanus sativus L. spp. oleifera) and yellow mustard (Sinapis alba L.), as well as winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), were planted in early August 1996 and late July 1997 following a previous crop of winter wheat. Five nitrogen fertilizer rates were applied following soil sampling to 0.9 m. Soil samples were taken in late fall after active CC growth had ceased. Radish and mustard quickly established and produced as much as 5 to 8 Mg dry matter ha -1 . Radish and mustard above-ground biomass accumulated greater amounts of N, leaving less residual soil nitrate-N, particularly at the 0.6- to 0.9-m soil depth, than winter wheat, the standard cover crop in the region. Both trap crops winter-killed, reducing need for herbicide and lessening the likelihood of N immobilization and negative impact on the following crop.","PeriodicalId":403165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sugarbeet Research","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121839188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohamed F. R. Khan, Greg Richards, J. Khan, R. Harikrishnan, R. Nelson, C. Bradley
{"title":"Effect of Adjuvants on the Performance of Pyraclostrobin for","authors":"Mohamed F. R. Khan, Greg Richards, J. Khan, R. Harikrishnan, R. Nelson, C. Bradley","doi":"10.5274/JSBR.44.3.71","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5274/JSBR.44.3.71","url":null,"abstract":"Cercospora leaf spot (CLS), caused by the fungus Cercospora beticola, is the most damaging foliar disease of sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) in Minnesota and North Dakota. Most fields require fungicide applications to control CLS and to improve sugar yield and quality. Trials were conducted near Breckenridge, Minnesota, in 2001 and 2002, to determine the effect of adjuvants added to pyraclostrobin on control of CLS and on sugarbeet yield and quality. Cercospora leaf spot severity was low in both years of the trial. Pyraclostrobin applied alone always provided effective control of Cercospora leaf spot. Adjuvants in combination with pyraclostrobin did not result in a significant improvement in disease control, yield, and quality compared to pyraclostrobin applied alone. Addition of adjuvants to pyraclostrobin in most cases increased phytotoxicity, and in some instances reduced yield, compared to pyraclostrobin applied alone. Based on these results, there was no consistent benefit of adding adjuvants to pyraclostrobin for CLS control or for increased sugar yield and quality.","PeriodicalId":403165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sugarbeet Research","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123903405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Stark, S. Liepelt, M. Dieckvoss, D. Bartsch, B. Ziegenhagen, A. Ulrich
{"title":"Fast and Simple Monitoring of Introgressive Gene Flow from Wild Beet into Sugarbeet","authors":"C. Stark, S. Liepelt, M. Dieckvoss, D. Bartsch, B. Ziegenhagen, A. Ulrich","doi":"10.5274/JSBR.43.4.145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5274/JSBR.43.4.145","url":null,"abstract":"Weed beet, so-called bolters, can arise either from self dedomestication of sugarbeet or from hybridisation with wild sea beet relatives. Previous investigations indicated that weed beet may evolve from hybridisation between wild and cultivated beet when they occur in close proximity. Beet seed can persist several years in soil allowing the formation of a seed bank that subsequently releases weed beet again. Microsatellite markers were used to trace hybridisation events within weed beet populations from 12 fields in Brandenburg, Germany. Seeds derived from bolter offspring were analyzed at three microsatellite loci and population allelic patterns were compared with sugarbeet varieties and wild beet as reference genotypes. The results demonstrate past hybridisation and introgression of wild beet alleles, even in the seeds of the bolters. The use of only three highly polymorphic microsatellites provides a simple and fast method to monitor individuals for feral or wild beet characters that may cause adverse effects if recombination with GM beets were to occur.","PeriodicalId":403165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sugarbeet Research","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114312066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Haagenson, K. Klotz, L. Campbell, Mohamed F. R. Khan
{"title":"Relationships between Root Size and Postharvest Respiration Rate","authors":"D. Haagenson, K. Klotz, L. Campbell, Mohamed F. R. Khan","doi":"10.5274/JSBR.43.4.129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5274/JSBR.43.4.129","url":null,"abstract":"Sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) root size has been implicated as a factor influencing storage respiration rate, yet the relationship between root size and respiration is unclear. Sugarbeet root size is dependent on cultural, environmental, and genetic factors and can vary significantly within and between fields. To evaluate the effect of root size on respiration rate and explore the morphological mechanisms that regulate respiration in sugarbeet roots, the relationships of respiration rate and total root respiration with root mass, surface area, and the ratio of surface area to mass (specific surface area) were determined using three field-grown varieties. Respiration rates for the sugarbeet varieties KW 2249, VDH 46177, and Beta 4818 were associated with root mass (R 2 = 0.55, 0.40, and 0.47), surface area (R 2 = 0.38, 0.29, and 0.39), and specific surface area (R 2 = 0.57, 0.34, and 0.36) by sigmoidal relationships. For each variety, there was a critical root size above which size had little impact on respiration rate. Below this critical size, root respiration rate increased substantially as root mass or surface area decreased. This critical beet size was 0.68, 0.50, and 0.86 kg for KW 2249, VDH 46177, and Beta 4818, respectively. Total respiration, i.e. respiration per root, for KW 2249, VDH 46177, and Beta 4818 was directly associated with root mass (R 2 = 0.71, 0.52, and 0.21) and surface area (R 2 = 0.72, 0.46, and 0.11) and","PeriodicalId":403165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sugarbeet Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121189922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sugarbeet Response to Irrigation Method and Polymer Placed in the Seed Furrow 1","authors":"C. Yonts","doi":"10.5274/JSBR.43.4.155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5274/JSBR.43.4.155","url":null,"abstract":"Furrow or sprinkler irrigation is often used to enhance sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris) plant establishment, yet little information is available comparing the two methods. Furrow irrigation saturates the seedbed from the bottom up, leaving the soil surface undisturbed. Sprinkler irrigation saturates the seedbed from top down and contributes to the break down and consolidation of soil particles near the surface. Adding synthetic compounds, such as polyacrylamide, to the soil is a method being explored to enhance plant emergence by retaining soil water near the seed and/or reduce soil crusting. The objective of this study was to determine the most effective method(s) of irrigating sugarbeet to enhance emergence. Sugarbeet was planted at two sites in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Irrigation treatments were no irrigation, furrow irrigation and two levels of sprinkler irrigation (light and heavy) applied after planting. The effect of polyacrylamide added to the seed furrow at planting was examined. Polyacrylamide did not influence final sugarbeet emergence for any of the irrigation treatments. Emergence was greater with furrow irrigation than with no or light irrigation. Furrow irrigation also produced significantly greater sucrose yield, when compared to no, light, and heavy sprinkler irrigation treatments.","PeriodicalId":403165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sugarbeet Research","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126785457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Postharvest Storage Losses Associated with Aphanomyces Root Rot in Sugarbeet","authors":"L. Campbell, K. Klotz","doi":"10.5274/JSBR.43.4.113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5274/JSBR.43.4.113","url":null,"abstract":"Because of its persistence in the soil and the ineffectiveness of control measures, Aphanomyces cochlioides (causal organism of Aphanomyces root rot) is one of the more problematic pathogens attacking sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris). As a consequence, diseased roots often are included in storage piles; however, information on the consequences of storing roots with Aphanomyces root rot is lacking. Roots from six commercial fields with chronic root rot problems were divided into groups based upon root rot severity. Prior to measuring storage respiration rate, sucrose concentration, and extractable sucrose concentration, a root rot index (0 = no rot to 100 = completely rotted) was determined for each sample. Regression analyses were used to characterize relationships among root rot index, postharvest respiration rate, and extractable sucrose losses during storage for 120 days. Below rot indices of 35, Aphanomyces had little or no effect on respiration rate or extractable sucrose loss during storage. Sucrose losses associated with rot indices of 65 and 80 were 1.8 and 2.8 times those associated with a rot index of 35, respectively. Aphanomyces root rot has the potential to significantly increase losses during storage; however, field by Aphanomyces severity interactions and variability in the observed response patterns indicate that accurately predicting these losses prior to harvest will be difficult. This report provides information that will assist in determining the Aphanomyces root rot severity that would justify not harvesting a field or if roots from diseased fields should be processed early in the campaign.","PeriodicalId":403165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sugarbeet Research","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122271226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}