UV light treats beet disease and combats fungicide resistance

Germicidal ultraviolet light is effective at killing a damaging fungus that infects table beets, adding an important organic tool to fight the growing problem of fungicide resistance, according to a new Cornell study.

While UV light is already used to fight powdery and downy mildew in grapes,  in strawberries, and a contagious bacteria that causes  in apples, pears, and members of the family Rosaceae, this is the first proof that the germicidal light can work in a vegetable.

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-uv-beet-disease-combats-fungicide.html#google_vignette

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