Who is doing what on sugarbeets in California.
1. Varietal testing. Every year, the California Beet Growers Association in cooperation with producers and sellers of sugarbeet seed conducts coded variety trials in all the important sugarbeet growing areas of the state. These trials evaluate varities for performance and disease resistance resistance and the best ones are approved for sale. Information about current varieties and test areas is available elswhere on this web site.
2. California Sugarbeet Industry Research Committee funded
projects
| Project leader(s) and affiliation | Subject | Location |
| S. Kaffka, (Dept. of Agronomy and Range Science, Univ.Calif., Davis) with W. Weir (Merced), Tom Turini (Imperial County), K. Hembree (Fresno), and Larry Godfrey (Davis) | Improving sugarbeet stand establishment | statewide |
| L. Godfrey, (Dept. Entomolgy, Univ. Calif., Davis), in cooperation with S. Kaffka | Alternative control measures for beet armyworm | San Joaquin County, Imperial County |
| R. Lewellen (USDA/ARS-Salinas) | Breeding rhizomania and high temperature root rot resistant sugarbeet with adaptation to the Imperial Valley | Imperial county |
| R. Lewellen (USDA/ARS-Salinas) | Breeding sugarbeet for combined resistance to diseases | Salinas |
| Bill Wintermantel (USDA/ARS-Salinas) | Study of furoviruses of sugarbeet found in the United States and its application toward improvement of soil assay techniques for rhizomania | Salinas |
| B. Westerdahl, E. Caswell-Chen (Dept. of Nematology, Univ. Calif., Davis) | Management of sugarbeet cust and root knot nematode | Davis, San Joaquin County |
3. Other Research
| Project leader(s) and affiliation | Subject | Location |
| S. Kaffka, (Dept. of Agronomy and Range Science, Univ.Calif., Davis) | Site specific agriculture and sugarbeets | Imperial Valley Kings county |
| K. Hembree (UCCE-Fresno County) | Efficient weed control in sugarbeets | Fresno County |
| K. Hembree (UCCE-Fresno County) | Evaluation of weed control in transgenic sugarbeets | Fresno County |
| Les Ehler (Univ. Calif., Davis) | Biological control of beet armyworm | San Joaquin County |
last update 5/21/01