dodder is an obligate parasite of many plant families and among dodder species cuscuta campestris has the most diverse around the world. extensive infestation to dodder recently has been reported in some sugerbeet production regions of khorasan provinces. so, in this study greenhouse and field experiments were conducted to test and charachterize the tolerance of commercial sugarbeet varieties t...

this study was conducted in the research field of iranian research institute of plant protection in karaj as strip split plots with three replications. the first factor: tillage and no-tillage, and the second factor: herbicide: glyphosate 6 l/ha, 2,4-d + mcpa 2l/ha, glyphosate + 2,4-d + mcpa (6 + 2 l/ha), glyphosate 3 l/ha, 2,4-d + mcpa 1 l/ha, glyphosate + 2,4-d + mcpa (3 + 1 l/ha), and contro...

Interactions of a biopesticidal formulation of steam distilled shoot extract of Mexican marigold, Tagetes minuta, and entomopathogenic fungi were evaluated for management of the sugarbeet root maggot, Tetanops myopaeformis (Röder). Shoot extract plus surfactant (E-Z Mulse) (=T. minuta oil) was used in a 65:35 ratio to test the hypothesis that this fungicidal and nematocidal biopesticide causes ...

the effect on sugar beets of water and nitrogen movement in the soil under different water conditions was assessed over two years (2000-1) at the khorasan agricultural research center. three water treatments (no water stress, continuous stress and primary stress) and three n amounts (80, 160 and 240 kg n/ha) were investigated. the amount of moisture depletion in the water treatments was 50%, 80...

in order to  study the effect of beet mosaic virus on sugarbeet seed yield, an isolate of beet mosaic virus was collected from sugarbeet fields in karaj and biologically was purified by inoculation on chenopodium amaranticolor and propagated on beta vulgaris cv. cicla under greenhouse conditions. the infected sap was inoculated on leaves of  sugar beet  7233 variety at  two stages, after and be...