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Sugar-beet nematode activity: Yields increased by early planting in sugar-beet nematode infested fields in date-of-planting tests in Monterey County
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California Agriculture 13(5):4-4.
Published May 01, 1959
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Abstract
Sugar-beet yields of 18.1-22.6 tons per acre were produced in a field heavily infested with the sugar-beet nematode– Heterodera schachtii Schmidt–near Salinas when plantings were made in February or earlier. Plantings in March and April produced 6.1-8.8 tons per acre.