Outbreak of western cucumber mosaic on sugar beets

Acid Beverage Floc from Sugar Beets

Acid beverage floc (ABF), a flocculated turbid material that can form in sugar-sweetened, acidified, carbonated beverages after several days standing, is a customer problem to bever­ age bottlers and their suppliers of sugar. ABF from beet sugar has been reported to be caused by a saponin from the beet plant, and recent work has shown the presence of several sa­ ponins in sugarbeet. ABF from ca...

Polyploid Sugar Beets—Cytological Study and Methods of Production

It is not quite clear at present whether or not polyploidy could be used to increase the productivity of sugar beets (1, 3, 5) . However, triploids which show heterosis have been developed (2, 3) . Polyploidy increases the size of fruits and germs. This property, which counts for little in multigerm beets, can prove very useful in monogerm beets (4) . To gain the advantages of polyploidy, it is...

Characterization of Cucumber Mosaic Virus From Mint in Tehran Province

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is one of the causal agents of viral diseases that infected mint (Mentha spp.). CMV is a member of the cucumovirus genus in  Bromoviridae family. The virus is naturally transmitted by aphids in a non-persistent manner.During  growing season 2007-2008, leaf samples from plants of mint fields with symptoms of viral disease were collected in mint fieldas in Tehran provi...

Characterization of Cucumber Mosaic Virus From Mint in Tehran Province

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is one of the causal agents of viral diseases that infected mint (Mentha spp.). CMV is a member of the cucumovirus genus in  Bromoviridae family. The virus is naturally transmitted by aphids in a non-persistent manner.During  growing season 2007-2008, leaf samples from plants of mint fields with symptoms of viral disease were collected in mint fieldas in Tehran provi...

Study of resistance to cucumber mosaic virus watermelon mosaic virus and zucchini yellow mosaic virus in melon cultivars