Thiram steep seed treatment to control Phoma betae and improve the establishment of the sugar-beet plant stand

There is little information published on the effect of residues from postemergence (POST) applications of foramsulfuron and preemergence (PRE) applications of isoxaflutole, and isoxaflutole plus atrazine in the year after application on vegetable crops. Three trials were established from 2000 to 2002 in Ontario to determine the effects of residues of foramsulfuron, isoxaflutole, and isoxaflutole plus atrazine on cabbage, processing pea, potato, sugar beet, and tomato 1 year after application. Aside from a reduction in sugar beet plant stand, there were no visual injury symptoms in any crop at 7, 14, and 28 days after emergence (DAE) in any of the herbicide carryover treatments. Isoxaflutole residues reduced shoot dry weight and yield as much as 27% and 28% in cabbage, and 57% and 60% in sugar beets, respectively. The addition of atrazine to isoxaflutole caused further reductions in shoot dry weight and yield of cabbage and sugar beet. Isoxaflutole plus atrazine residues reduced shoot dry weight and yield as much as 42% and 43% in cabbage, and 58% and 82% in sugar beets, respectively. There were no adverse effects on shoot dry weight and yield of processing pea, potato, and tomato from isoxaflutole or isoxaflutole plus atrazine residues in the year following application. Foramsulfuron residues at either rate did not reduce shoot dry weight or yield of any crops 1 year after application. Based on these results, it is recommended that cabbage and sugar beet not be grown in the year following the PRE application of isoxaflutole or isoxaflutole plus atrazine.

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Is there a risk to honeybees from use of thiamethoxam as a sugar beet seed treatment?

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management ◽

10.1002/ieam.4498 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Helen Thompson ◽

Sarah Vaughan ◽

Anne‐Katrin Mahlein ◽

Erwin Ladewig ◽

Christine Kenter

Keyword(s):

Sugar Beet ◽

Seed Treatment

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Future of Insecticide Seed Treatment

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13168792 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (16) ◽

pp. 8792

Author(s):

Milorad Vojvodić ◽

Renata Bažok

Keyword(s):

Sugar Beet ◽

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

Seed Treatment ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Protective Measure ◽

Lower Amount ◽

Vegetable Crops ◽

Good Efficacy ◽

Active Substances

Seed treatment as a method of local application of pesticides in precise agriculture reduces the amount of pesticides used per unit area and is considered to be the safest, cheapest and most ecologically acceptable method of protecting seeds and young plants from pests in the early stages of their development. With the introduction of insecticides from the neonicotinoid group in the mid-1990s, the frequency of seed treatment increased. Due to suspected negative effects on pollinators, most of these insecticides are banned in the European Union. The ban has therefore led to a reduction in the number of active substances approved for seed treatment and to an increased re-use of active substances from the group of pyrethroids as well as other organophosphorus insecticides, which pose potentially very serious risks, perhaps even greater than those of the banned neonicotinoids. The objective of this review is to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of seed treatment and the potential role of insecticide seed treatment in reducing the negative impact of pesticides on the environment. The main disadvantage of this method is that it has been widely accepted and has become a prophylactic protective measure applied to almost all fields. This is contrary to the principles of integrated pest management and leads to an increased input of insecticides into the environment, by treating a larger number of hectares with a lower amount of active ingredient, and a negative impact on beneficial entomofauna. In addition, studies show that due to the prophylactic approach, the economic and technical justification of this method is often questionable. Extremely important for a quality implementation are the correct processing and implementation of the treatment procedure as well as the selection of appropriate insecticides, which have proven to be problematic in the case of neonicotinoids. The ban on neonicotinoids and the withdrawal of seed treatments in oilseed rape and sugar beet has led to increased problems with a range of pests affecting these crops at an early stage of growth. The results of the present studies indicate good efficacy of active ingredients belonging to the group of anthranilic diamides, cyantraniliprole and chlorantraniliprole in the treatment of maize, soybean, sugar beet and rice seeds on pests of the above-ground part of the plant, but not on wireworms. Good efficacy in controlling wireworms in maize is shown by an insecticide in the naturalites group, spinosad, but it is currently used to treat seeds of vegetable crops, mainly onions, to control onion flies and flies on other vegetable crops. Seed treatment as a method only fits in with the principles of integrated pest management when treated seeds are sown on land where there is a positive prognosis for pest infestation.

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Studies on Photosynthesis in Sugar Beet Plant : III. Photosynthesis in the community.

Japanese Journal of Crop Science ◽

10.1626/jcs.33.492 ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 492-498

Author(s):

Koji ITO

Keyword(s):

Sugar Beet ◽

Sugar Beet Plant

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Length of Efficacy for Control of Curly Top in Sugar Beet With Seed and Foliar Insecticides

Plant Disease ◽

10.1094/pdis-02-16-0142-re ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 100 (7) ◽

pp. 1364-1370 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Carl A. Strausbaugh ◽

Erik J. Wenninger ◽

Imad A. Eujayl

Keyword(s):

Sugar Beet ◽

Host Resistance ◽

Seed Treatment ◽

Field Experiments ◽

Block Design ◽

Root Yield ◽

Pyrethroid Insecticides ◽

Beet Curly Top Virus ◽

Randomized Complete Block Design ◽

Untreated Check

Curly top in sugar beet caused by Beet curly top virus (BCTV) is an important yield-limiting disease that can be reduced via neonicotinoid and pyrethroid insecticides. The length of efficacy of these insecticides is poorly understood; therefore, field experiments were conducted with the seed treatment Poncho Beta (clothianidin at 60 g a.i. + beta-cyfluthrin at 8 g a.i. per 100,000 seed) and foliar treatment Asana (esfenvalerate at 55.48 g a.i./ha). A series of four experiments at different locations in the same field were conducted in 2014 and repeated in a neighboring field in 2015, with four treatments (untreated check, Poncho Beta, Asana, and Poncho Beta + Asana) which were arranged in a randomized complete block design with eight replications. To evaluate efficacy, viruliferous (contain BCTV strains) beet leafhoppers were released 8, 9, 10, or 11weeks after planting for each experiment, which corresponded to 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks after Asana application. Over both years, in 30 of 32 observation dates for treatments with Poncho Beta and 14 of 16 observation dates for Asana, visual curly top ratings decreased an average of 41 and 24%, respectively, with insecticide treatments compared with the untreated check. Over both years, in eight of eight experiments for treatments with Poncho Beta and six of eight experiments for Asana, root yields increased an average of 39 and 32%, respectively, with treatment compared with the untreated check. Over both years, the Poncho Beta treatments increased estimated recoverable sucrose (ERS) yield by 75% compared with the untreated check for weeks 8 and 9. By week 10, only the Poncho Beta + Asana treatment led to increases in ERS in both years, while the influence of increasing host resistance may have made other treatments more difficult to separate. When considering curly top symptoms, root yield, and ERS among all weeks and years, there was a tendency for the insecticides in the Poncho Beta + Asana treatment to complement each other to improve efficacy.

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Saflufenacil Carryover Injury Varies among Rotational Crops

Weed Technology ◽

10.1614/wt-d-11-00080.1 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 177-182 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Darren E. Robinson ◽

Kristen E. McNaughton

Keyword(s):

Sugar Beet ◽

Growth Yield ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Sugar Beet Plant ◽

Root Weight ◽

Carrot Root ◽

Field Corn ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

Weight Yield

Trials were established in 2007, 2008, and 2009 in Ontario, Canada, to determine the effect of soil residues of saflufenacil on growth, yield, and quality of eight rotational crops planted 1 yr after application. In the year of establishment, saflufenacil was applied PRE to field corn at rates of 75, 100, and 200 g ai ha−1. Cabbage, carrot, cucumber, onion, pea, pepper, potato, and sugar beet were planted 1 yr later, maintained weed-free, and plant dry weight, yield, and quality measures of interest to processors for each crop were determined. Reductions in dry weight and yield of all grades of cucumber were determined at both the 100 and 200 g ha−1rates of saflufenacil. Plant dry weight, bulb number, and size and yield of onion were also reduced by saflufenacil at 100 and 200 g ha−1. Sugar beet plant dry weight and yield, but not sucrose content, were decreased by saflufenacil at 100 and 200 g ha−1. Cabbage plant dry weight, head size, and yield; carrot root weight and yield; and pepper dry weight, fruit number and size, and yield were only reduced in those treatments in which twice the field corn rate had been applied to simulate the effect of spray overlap in the previous year. Pea and potato were not negatively impacted by applications of saflufenacil in the year prior to planting. It is recommended that cabbage, carrot, cucumber, onion, pepper, and sugar beet not be planted the year after saflufenacil application at rates up to 200 g ha−1. Pea and potato can be safely planted the year following application of saflufenacil up to rates of 200 g ha−1.

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Temperature, Moisture, and Seed Treatment Effects on Rhizoctonia solani Root Rot of Soybean

Plant Disease ◽

10.1094/pdis.2003.87.5.533 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 87 (5) ◽

pp. 533-538 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

A. E. Dorrance ◽

M. D. Kleinhenz ◽

S. A. McClure ◽

N. T. Tuttle

Keyword(s):

Soil Moisture ◽

Rhizoctonia Solani ◽

Root Rot ◽

Seed Treatment ◽

Anastomosis Group ◽

Control Measures ◽

Root Weight ◽

Wide Range ◽

Plant Stand ◽

Growth Chamber Studies

The effects of temperature and soil moisture on infection and disease development by Rhizoctonia solani on soybean were studied individually. In addition, the anastomosis group of R. solani isolates recovered from soybean from 35 fields in 15 counties was determined. All of the 44 isolates recovered in this study were AG-2-2 IIIB. Five isolates of R. solani were able to infect and colonize soybean roots and hypocotyls at 20, 24, 28, and 32°C in growth chamber studies. The temperatures evaluated in this study were not limiting to the isolates tested. In greenhouse studies, nine R. solani isolates and a noninoculated control were evaluated at 25, 50, 75, and 100% soil moisture holding capacity (MHC). Root weights were greater and percent stand averages higher at 50 and 75% than at 25 or 100% MHC; however, as percentage of control, the main effect on percent moisture for percent stand, plant height, or root weight was not significant. There were significant differences among the isolates for the percent stand, root rot rating, and root fresh weight of soybean in each study. In both temperature and moisture studies, the R. solani isolates could be separated as predominantly causing (i) seed rot, as detected by greatly reduced plant stand; (ii) root rot generally having no effect on plant stand but a high root rot rating and low root weight; or (iii) hypocotyl lesions, having no effect on plant stand, a low root rot score, and a high number of red lesions on the hypocotyl. In the greenhouse seed treatment evaluations of five fungicides, there was no fungicide by isolate interaction using these pathogenic types of R. solani. None of the seed treatments evaluated in this study provided 100% control of the four isolates tested. Due to the wide range of environmental factors that permit R. solani infection and disease on soybeans, other control measures that last all season, such as host resistance, should be emphasized.

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Age-Dependent Resistance toRhizoctonia solaniin Sugar Beet

Plant Disease ◽

10.1094/pdis-11-18-2001-re ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 103 (9) ◽

pp. 2322-2329 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yangxi Liu ◽

Aiming Qi ◽

Mohamed F. R. Khan

Keyword(s):

Sugar Beet ◽

Seed Treatment ◽

Age Groups ◽

Plant Age ◽

Resistant Cultivars ◽

Fungicide Application ◽

Greenhouse Study ◽

Crown And Root Rot ◽

Barley Grains ◽

Moderately Resistant

Rhizoctonia crown and root rot of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), caused by Rhizoctonia solani, continues to be one of the important concerns for the beet industry in Minnesota and North Dakota. Use of resistant cultivars is an important strategy in the management of R. solani in combination with seed treatment and timely fungicide application during the growing season. The objective of this greenhouse study was to determine how sugar beet plants responded to increasing age in resistance to R. solani. Each of three seed companies provided three commercial cultivars with varying R. solani resistance levels: susceptible, moderately resistant, and resistant. Seed were planted at a weekly interval to create different plant age groups from seed to 10-week-old plants, with growing degree days (GDD) ranging from 0 to 1,519 thermal time (°Cd). Seed and plants were all simultaneously inoculated with R. solani AG2-2-infested barley grains. Twenty-eight days after inoculation, plants were pulled and washed, and roots were evaluated for disease severity. All cultivars were highly susceptible to R. solani when inoculated at seed to 3 weeks old (0 to 464°Cd). At 4 and 5 weeks of plant age (617 to 766°Cd), resistant cultivars started to show significant resistance to R. solani. Proportion of the affected roots with disease score ≥ 5 followed a sigmoid response, declining with increased GDD in moderately resistant and resistant cultivars, whereas it continued to decline linearly with increased GDD in susceptible cultivars. This study demonstrated that sugar beet cultivars, regardless of their assigned level of R. solani resistance, were highly susceptible to the pathogen before they reached the six- to eight-leaf stage at 4 to 5 weeks (617 to 766°Cd) after planting. Therefore, additional protection in the form of seed treatment or fungicide application may be required to protect sensitive sugar beet seed and seedlings in fields with a history of R. solani under favorable environmental conditions.

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Pectolytic enzyme production by Phoma betae

Canadian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1139/b72-211 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 50 (8) ◽

pp. 1705-1709 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

William M. Bugbee

Keyword(s):

Cell Wall ◽

Sugar Beet ◽

Carbon Sources ◽

Nitrogen Sources ◽

Culture Cell ◽

Susceptible Variety ◽

Wall Material ◽

Cell Wall Material ◽

Storage Roots ◽

Phoma Betae

Phoma betae from decayed sugar beet storage root tissue grew most rapidly in culture at 15C but produced more polygalacturonase (PG) at 20C. When the fungus was supplied with six different nitrogen sources, it produced the most PG on (NH4)2SO4.Assays of dialyzed culture filtrates using sodium polypectate and pectin or cell wall material from storage roots as the carbon sources showed the production of exopolygalacturonase (exo-PG) and endopolygalacturonate trans-eliminase (endo-PGTE). No pectin methyl esterase was detected. Exo-PG and endo-PGTE also were present in decayed sugar beet tissue. Only endo-PGTE was detected within 3 mm of tissue surrounding the rotted area.In culture, cell wall material from the susceptible variety A58 induced more endo-PGTE formation than the resistant 2B. But 2B induced more exo-PG formation than A58. It is suggested that endo-PGTE plays a major role in cell wall degradation because pH 7.5 was optimum for tissue maceration and pH 8.5 for enzyme activity and the advancing margins of rotted tissue contained only endo-PGTE.

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