Bittersweet Challenges: Postharvest Disease Management in Sugarbeet and Sweetpotato
Root crops like sugarbeet and sweetpotato possess an aggregated value that sets them apart from other crops. This aggregated value includes not only their economic importance but also their high nutritional content, which can enhance global food security. However, the economic and nutritional value of these crops is significantly compromised by postharvest diseases, presenting major socioeconomic challenges. Postharvest diseases, caused by various fungal and bacterial pathogens, affect crops during field growth, harvest, handling, and storage. Addressing these challenges requires improving several key aspects of disease management that are often lacking in postharvest pathosystems. These aspects include but are not limited to diagnostic methodologies, cultural practices, chemical control, host resistance, and pathogen monitoring, among others. Emerging technologies and strategies from various fields offer promising solutions to these challenges. In this manuscript, we review new approaches to address common challenges in postharvest diseases of sugarbeet and sweetpotato. This review highlights important considerations for the implementation, modification, and creation of new approaches to maintain or increase the value of these commodities, which are threatened by postharvest diseases.
Authors
- Rachel P. Naegele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7524-6086)
- Carlos Montilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2258-2868)
- Maria Camila Buitrago Acosta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1103-0304)
- Shyam L. Kandel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3726-817X)
- Hilda L. Collins
- K. Avila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7155-2924)
- Malick Bill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4863-4830)
- Linda E. Hanson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0375-2940)
- Lindsey D. Thiessen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5029-0139)
- L. M. Quesada-Ocampo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9072-7531)
- Usha Bhatta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2809-6035)
- Jaime F. Willbur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5556-7088)
- Collins Bugingo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5196-1851)
- Camilo H. Parada-Rojas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8372-6012)
- Carly Hendershot
- Sandesh Dangi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5873-1370)
- Jack Mecklin Mascarenhas
- Kirsten Pollok
Institutions
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (US)
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- Oregon State University (US)
- North Carolina State University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Planta (RU)
- San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center (US)
- Institute of Sugar Beet (CN)
- Michigan United (US)
- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (FR)
- Plant (United States) (US)
- Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center (US)
- North Dakota State University (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Plant Disease
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-10-24-2214-fe
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.15