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Netherlands: IRS warns beet growers about yellowing disease and snail damage

Sugar Beet
Netherlands
Published Apr 2, 2022

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IRS refers to a binding cultivation regulation of the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA). This states that beets with leaf formation may not be available or in stock. The same goes for fodder beets. Beet heaps in the South must be destroyed before April 1 and for the North that is April 15.

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According to IRS, on plots or parts thereof, such as headlands that have not been plowed, beet heads are visible. If this concerns beet residues that were infected last year, then that is an important source of virus, the beet institute knows. This also applies to corners of plots that have been left standing due to wetness. aphids Aphids can pick up the virus early in the season in these places and transfer it to young beet plants in the fields in April or May. On the soils worked in autumn, this usually concerns plots with grains. The IRS recommends that when controlling weeds in grains, you should opt for products that also combat the storage of sugar beets. The beet institute reports that common ALS inhibitors Atlantis Star, Capri Twin and Tatron work well against standard weed beets. According to IRS, the products are not effective against ALS-tolerant beet varieties of the Conviso Smart system. The ALS tolerant weed beets can be controlled with the use of the combination ...
Source: Nieuwe Oogst
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