urrently storage rot of sugar beets is controlled by maintaining cool temperatures in storage piles as the low temperatures reduce growth of microbes. Beet roots are harvested in the late fall and then piled up into large outdoor piles the beets are cooled with the outdoor air. Success is limited due to varying weather conditions from year to year. Chemical fungicides can reduce the severity of the rots, but they have undesirable effects on sugar beet roots so they are not used by beet growers. Host resistance has been developed but has not made it to commercial producers
