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Tour Goes On Despite the Unusual Spring Weather Oliver Neher, pictured in the center, is a University of Idaho Extension Sugarbeet Specialist and Plant Pathologist. His expertise in sugarbeet production and disease control is invaluable for the annual weed tour. He discusses issues such as diagnosing Rhizomania, curly top and Rhizoctonia root rot and conducts tests for improving Integrated Pest Management (IMP). by Nancy Sanchez | EDITOR On May 7, Don Morishita, Ph.D., UI Pro- fessor of Weed Science and Extension Spe- cialist, came out and saved the beet crop trials. Temps dropped and the sprinklers had to come on to prevent the beets from freezing. Thanks, Don. That leads us to the fact that the weed tour in Kimberly had to be delayed a week. Noting the inconsistent sizes of the plants with some having around 10 leaves and others with four to six and a yellowish look, an obvious result of variable spring weather. Nonetheless, the weed tour commenced and those lucky enough to attend were in for an interesting tour. In addition to the expected sugarbeet One of the field trials testing the effect of strip-tillage on irrigation requirement, weed emergence and growth, insect behavior, and disease incidence compared to conventional tillage. 18 Sugar Producer AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010 trials, a study was conducted on compar- ing Roundup Ready sugarbeet to non- transgenic sugarbeet for weed control and yield. Betaseed was the participating seed for this comparison.