Rhizomania on Sugar Beet: Importance, Identification, Control
PNW-0657
BY Oliver T. Neher, John J. Gallian
December 31, 2013
First detected in Idaho in 1992 near Rupert, rhizomania is the most serious disease that afflicts sugar beets worldwide. This five-page publication will help you to detect and deal with the disease, including descriptions of the symptoms; its causes, epidemiology and life cycle; and methods of cultural control, including the use of resistant varieties.