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Evaluating the resistance of some sugar beet cultivars to Cercospora leaf spot

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Plant Protection

Abstract

Sugar beet is an important commercially cultivated root crop. It yields more than 100 million tons of sugar, predominantly sucrose, annually for global consumption. Cercospora leaf spot (CLS), caused by Cercospora beticola Sacc, is one of the most threatening foliar diseases to sugar beet crops and can significantly reduce sugar yield. The present study aimed to evaluate ten sugar beet cultivars for resistance to Cercospora leaf spot disease during two growing seasons. Additionally, parameters such as disease severity percentage, root diameter (cm), root length (cm), root fresh weight per plant (g), root yield per feddan (ton), and sucrose content were measured. Our findings showed that the sugar beet cultivars Clavious and Bts 8953 were highly resistant, recording the lowest disease severity during the 2021/2022 season (1.33% and 2% respectively) and the 2022/2023 season (2.67% and 4.33% respectively). In contrast, Lily and Oscarpoly were highly susceptible cultivars, recording the highest disease severity during the 2021/2022 season (18.00% and 19.33% respectively) and the 2022/2023 season (17.67% and 19.67% respectively). Other cultivars exhibited moderate resistance. Infection of sugar beet cultivars impacts root diameter (cm), root length (cm), fresh root weight per plant (g), root yield per feddan (t), and sucrose content, with notable differences observed among the cultivars. Consequently, due to the decline in several quality parameters caused by Cercospora leaf spot infection, selecting and cultivating resistant sugar beet cultivars to CLS is one of the most important control strategies that can be relied upon to reduce the losses resulting from this disease.

DOI

10.21608/jsaes.2024.325575.1103

Keywords

Beta vulgaris, Cercospora leaf spot disease, sugar beet culti-vars

Authors

First Name

Ghada

Last Name

Abu El-Naga

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt

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ghada.abuelnaga@yahoo.com

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First Name

Hanafey

Last Name

Maswada

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Tanta 31527, Egypt

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hanafey2000@gmail.com

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First Name

Nasr

Last Name

Ghazy

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Maize and Sugar Crops Dis. Department, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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nasrghazy@yahoo.com

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First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

El-Nagar

MiddleName

S

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

Email

asmaa.elnagar@agr.tanta.edu.eg

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Orcid

0000-0003-4019-9918

First Name

Hassan

Last Name

El-zahaby

MiddleName

M

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Agriculture botany department, faculty of agriculture, Tanta university, Tanta, Egypt

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hzahaby@yahoo.com

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3

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5

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51004

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-10-02

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2024-12-01

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21

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25

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2735-4377

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2785-9878

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1,858

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Publication Title

Journal of Sustainable Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

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https://jsaes.journals.ekb.eg/

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Evaluating the resistance of some sugar beet cultivars to Cercospora leaf spot

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Created At

28 Dec 2024