List of beet diseases
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This article is a list of diseases of beets (Beta vulgaris), a plant grown for its edible taproot and leaves.
Bacterial diseases
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| Bacterial blight | Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata |
| Bacterial pocket | Xanthomonas beticola |
| Bacterial soft rot | Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora |
| Bacterial vascular necrosis and rot | Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum |
| Crown gall | Agrobacterium tumefaciens |
| Silvering disease | Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. betae = Corynebacterium betae |
Fungal diseases
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| Alternaria leaf spot | Alternaria alternata |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum dematium |
| Aphanomyces root rot (black root) | Aphanomyces cochlioides |
| Black wood vessel | Pythium irregulare |
| Cercospora leaf spot | Cercospora beticola |
| Charcoal rot | Macrophomina phaseolina |
| Choanephora rot | Choanephora cucurbitarum |
| Damping-off, black leg, black root and seedling blight | Aphanomyces cochlioides Cylindrocladium spp. Fusarium spp. Pleospora betae [teleomorph] Pythium spp. Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] |
| Downy mildew | Peronospora farinosa Peronospora farinosa f.sp. betae {{=}} Peronospora schachtii |
| Fusarium yellows | Fusarium oxysporum |
| Fusarium yellows and root rot | Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. betae (Texas isolates) |
| Leaf gall (beet tumor, or crown wart) | Physoderma leproides {{=}} Urophlyctis leproides |
| Phoma leaf spot and root rot | Phoma betae |
| Phymatotrichum root rot (cotton root rot) | Phymatotrichopsis omnivora {{=}} Phymatotrichum omnivorum |
| Phytophthora wet rot | Phytophthora drechsleri |
| Powdery mildew | Erysiphe polygoni {{=}} Erysiphe betae |
| Pythium root rot | Pythium aphanidermatum |
| Ramularia leaf spot | Ramularia beticola |
| Rhizoctonia foliar blight, crown and root rot | Rhizoctonia solani |
| Rhizopus root rot | Rhizopus arrhizus |
| Rust | Uromyces betae |
| Sclerotinia crown & root rot | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum |
| Seedling rust | Puccinia subnitens |
| Slime molds | Physarum cinereum |
| Southern blight (Sclerotium root rot and stem rot) | Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph] |
| Stemphylium leaf spot | Stemphylium botryosum Pleospora tarda [teleomorph] |
| Storage rots | Botrytis cinerea Botryotinia fuckeliana [teleomorph] Penicillium spp. |
| Verticillium wilt | Verticillium albo-atrum |
| Violet root rot | Helicobasidium brebissonii Rhizoctonia crocorum [anamorph] |
Nematodes, parasitic
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| Beet cyst nematode | Heterodera schachtii |
| Clover cyst nematode | Heterodera trifolii |
| False root-knot nematode | Nacobbus aberrans |
| Lesion nematodes | Pratylenchus spp. |
| Needle nematodes | Longidorus spp. |
| Potato rot nematode | Ditylenchus destructor |
| Root-knot | Meloidogyne spp. |
| Stem and bulb nematode | Ditylenchus dipsaci |
| Stubby-root nematodes | Paratrichodorus spp. Trichodorus spp. |
Viral diseases
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| Alfalfa mosaic | genus Alfamovirus, Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) |
| Beet curly top | genus Hybrigeminivirus, Beet curly top virus (BCTV) |
| Beet distortion mosaic | genus ?, Beet distortion mosaic virus |
| Beet leaf curl | genus Rhabdovirus, Beet leaf curl virus (BCLV) |
| Beet mild yellows & Beet western yellows | genus Luteovirus, Beet western yellows virus (BMY) |
| Beet mosaic | genus Potyvirus, Beet mosaic virus (BtMV) |
| Beet yellow net | genus Luteovirus, Beet yellow net virus (BYNV) |
| Beet yellows | genus Closterovirus, Beet yellows virus (BYV) |
| Cucumber mosaic | genus Cucumovirus, Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) |
| Lettuce infectious yellows | genus Closterovirus, Lettuce infectious yellows virus (LIYV) |
| Rhizomania | genus Benyvirus, Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) (fungal vector: Polymyxa betae) |
| Beet savoy | Suspected virus |
| Beet yellow vein | Suspected virus |
| Beet black scorch virus, BBSV |
Phytoplasmal and sprioplasmal diseases
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| Beet latent rosette | Phytoplasma |
| Yellow wilt | Spiroplasma |
Miscellaneous diseases and disorders
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| Heart rot | Boron deficiency |
| Scab | Streptomyces spp. |
References
- [https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/resources/commonnames/Pages/Beet.aspx Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society]
- [http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Beet_List.htm Beet Diseases (Fact Sheets and Information Bulletins), The Cornell Plant Pathology Vegetable Disease Web Page]