Horticulture/Beta

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Beets
Genus:	Beta
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Pollination:	Inseccts

Beets are members of the genus Beta, several of which are grown in the garden as ornamentals and food crops.

[edit] Description

[edit] Growing conditions

[edit] Varieties

[edit] Uses

[edit] Maintenance

[edit] Propagation

[edit] Harvesting

[edit] Pests and diseases

Wilt and Blight:

• Phytophthora capsici

Damping Off

Leaf Spots

Beet Curly Top Virus

Aphids

• Bean Aphid: Aphis fabae
• Green Peach Aphid: Myzus persicae
• Sugarbeet Root Aphid: Pemphigus populivenae

Hoppers

• Beet Leafhopper: Eutettix tenellus
• Leafhopper: Eutettix strobi

Maggots

• American Serpentine Leafminer: Liriomyza trifolii
• Beet Leafminer: Pegomya betae
• Spinach Leafminer: Pegomya hyoscyami
• Seedcorn Maggot: Delia platura
• Sugarbeet Root Maggot: Tetanops myopaeformis

Beetles

• Banded Cucumber Beetle: Diabrotica balteata
• Redheaded Flea Beetle: Systena frontalis
• Hop Flea Beetle: Psyllioides punctata
• Spinach Flea Beetle: Disonycha xanthomelas
• Rose Chafer: Macrodactylus subspinosus

Caterpillars

• Beet Webworm: Loxostege stricticalis
• Beet Armyworm: Spodoptera exigua
• Cabbage Looper: Trichoplusia ni

Nutrient:

• Boron Deficiency

[edit] References

• Staff of the L. H. Bailey Hortorium (1976). Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press, 160.
• Cranshaw, Whitney (2004). Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs. Princeton University Press, 582.
• Pippa Greenwood, Andrew Halstead, A.R. Chase, Daniel Gilrein (2000). American Horticultural Society Pests & Diseases: The Complete Guide to Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Plant Problems, First Edition, Dorling Kindersley (DK) Publishing, inc., 202.