Beta L.
(beets)

Interactions where Beta is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is foodplant of pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phoma epicoccina a coelomycete Pleosporales Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma epicoccina/Phoma epicoccinaa coelomycetepycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta/Betabeets pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Cassida nebulosa a tortoise beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Cassida nebulosa/Cassida nebulosaa tortoise beetlelarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta/Betabeetsleaf larva grazes on leaf
root root is associate of larva Fannia canicularis Latrine Fly, Small House-fly, Lesser House-fly Diptera: Fanniidae Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae, van Emden, F.I.,, 1954
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Fanniidae/Fannia canicularis/Fannia canicularislatrine fly, small house-fly, lesser house-flylarva Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta/Betabeetsroot larva is associated with root
root (white, rotting) white, rotting root is decayed by grouped, thinly subiculate perithecium Rosellinia necatrix White Root Rot - causative organism Xylariales: Xylariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Rosellinia necatrix/Rosellinia necatrixwhite root rot (causative organism)grouped, thinly subiculateperithecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta/Betabeetswhite, rottingroot grouped, thinly subiculate perithecium is saprobic on white, rotting root
root (white, rotting) white, rotting root is decayed by Dermatophora dematiaceous anamorph Rosellinia necatrix White Root Rot - causative organism Xylariales: Xylariaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Rosellinia necatrix/Rosellinia necatrixwhite root rot (causative organism)Dermatophora dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta/Betabeetswhite, rottingroot Dermatophora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on white, rotting root
stem stem may contain larva UK/Ireland Lixus scabricollis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Lixus scabricollis/Lixus scabricollisa weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta/Betabeetsstem larva feeds within stem
tap-root (upper part) tap-root (upper part) is galled by larva Foreign Bothynoderes affinis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bothynoderes affinis/Bothynoderes affinisa weevillarva Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Beta/Betabeetstap-root (upper part) larva causes gall of tap-root (upper part)

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
van Emden, F.I.,, 1954Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and CalliphoridaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Beta (beets) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 5 trophisms
Species 4 subtaxa 73 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusBeta (beets)
FamilyAMARANTHACEAE (goosefoots, oraches, glassworts, amaranths & pigweeds)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Beta (beets)

Beta (beets) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Beta (beets):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Beta (beets)
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