Beet root (Beta vulgaris)
Curly top(Beet curly top virus)
Symptoms
- The symptoms can be seen in leaves, stems, flowers, fruits, and roots of plants.
- Generally, mottling is absent, but infected plant parts may become distorted by curling, twisting, rolling, stunting, etc.
- Leaves become thickened and leathery.
- Curly top virus may impair both yield and quality of infected plant
Management
- Adopt sanitary measures like eradication and destruction of susceptible weeds and susceptible volunteer crop plants from the previous planting.
- Use of resistant varieties
- Regulating the time of planting in order to avoid the main flights of the beet leafhopper
Chemical Control
| Sl.No | Generic Name | Trade Name | Color code | Dosage/litre | Knapsack Sprayer (Capacity 10L) | Recommendation | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dosage/acre (200 L) | Dosage/hectare (500 L) | |||||||
| 1 | Malathion 50 EC | Agromala, Agromala Malathion, Celthion, Hilmala, Kthion, Malaacid, Simala, Milthion, Tagthion, Malamar, Thisol | Blue | 2 ml/litre of water | 20 ml | 400 ml | 1000 ml | Against vectors |
| 2 | Dimethoate 30 EC | Nugor, Rogor, Tagor, Tara 909, Label colour | Yellow | 2 ml/litre of water | 20 ml | 400 ml | 1000 ml | Against vectors |
Extremely Toxic
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Moderately Toxic
