“Sugarbeet root”

The following 2 entries include the term Sugarbeet root.

sugar beet root aphid

noun

: a root aphid (Pemphigus populivenae) that causes severe injury to sugar beet, beet, and mangel crops in the western U.S.

sugar beet root maggot

noun

: the larva of a fly (Tetanops myopaeformis) of the family Otitidae that infests the roots of sugar beets in the western U.S. and parts of Canada


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