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Protection of Sugarbeet Plants Against Development of Rust Disease by Infection with Curly Top Agent. Andrew C. Magyarosy, Staff Research Associate, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, Salinas, California; Bob B. Buchanan(2), and James E. Duffus(3). (2)Professor of Cell Physiology and Biochemist in the Experiment Station, University of California, Berkeley; (3)Plant Pathologist, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Dep. Agric., U.S. Agricultural Research Station, Salinas, California. Phytopathology 65:361-362. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-65-361.

Sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris) plants dually infected with rust (caused by Uromyces betae) and the curly top agent consistently showed a reduction in rust infection, compared to plants not infected with curly top. Protection of plants from rust infection by curly top was observed in plants under both field and greenhouse conditions.