Pest protection for the spring sugar beet

The better options for pests and disease control in spring sugar beet crops are described.

Insect pests dealt with are: the wire worm (Agriotes spp), Collembola (Onychiurus spp), various noctuid species, the beet flea beetle, (Chaetocnema tibialis), the green aphid (Myzus persicae), the black aphid (Aphis fabae), nematodes (Heterodera schachtii), mites (Tetranychus spp) and thrips (Trips spp).

Diseases dealt with are are: Aphanomyces sp., Pythium sp. Phoma betae, the BNYVV virus, the belly rot (Rhizoctonia solani), the sugar beet powdery mildew (Erysiphe betae), the sugar beet leaf spot (Cercospora beticola), the sugar beet rust (Uromyces betae) and pseudomonas (Pseudomonas syringae).