Disease resistant beet varieties

  • Information is from seed catalogs for 2018, 2020, and 2022. Occasionally varieties are listed as resistant without the disease(s) or disorder(s) specified.
  • Follow links below to tables with more details about these varieties including seed companies marketing them and whether organic seed is available, as well as variety resistance to disorders.
  • Prefer to view disease-resistant variety information in spreadsheets? Download disease-resistant variety spreadsheets from this Box folder.

Beets

  • Avalanche  (white): Cercospora Leaf Spot
  • Azuma: Resistant to disorders
  • Boldor  (orange): Cercospora Leaf Spot
  • Boro  (dk red): Bacterial Leaf Spot, Cercospora Leaf Spot
  • Bull’s Blood  (heirloom): Resistant to disorders
  • Bull’s Blood Olympia (dk red): Resistant to disorders
  • Carillon (cylindra): Disease resistance not specified
  • Chioggia Guardsmark: Resistant to disorders
  • Cylindra  (heirloom): Cercospora Leaf Spot, Scab
  • Detroit  (dk red): Cercospora Leaf Spot, Downy Mildew
  • Detroit Supreme (dk red): Disease resistance not specified
  • Eagle  (dk red): Resistant to disorders
  • Early Wonder Tall Top: Disease resistance not specified
  • Falcon  (dk red): Resistant to disorders
  • Fresh Pak: Cercospora Leaf Spot
  • Fresh Start: Cercospora Leaf Spot
  • Golden Boy: Cercospora Leaf Spot
  • Golden Detroit  (gold): Disease resistance not specified
  • Grenade (dk red): Rhizoctonia Root & Crown Rot
  • Kestrel  (dk red): Cercospora Leaf Spot, Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew, Rhizoctonia Root & Crown Rot
  • Merlin  (red): Cercospora Leaf Spot, Downy Mildew
  • Moneta  (dk red): Resistant to disorders
  • Pacemaker III  (red): Cercospora Leaf Spot, Downy Mildew, Rhizoctonia Root & Crown Rot
  • Red Ace  (red): Cercospora Leaf Spot
  • Red Atlas: Cercospora Leaf Spot, Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew
  • Red Titan: Cercospora Leaf Spot, Downy Mildew, Rhizoctonia Root & Crown Rot
  • Robin  (dk red): Disease resistance not specified
  • Shiraz  (red): Rhizoctonia Root & Crown Rot
  • Solo  (dk red): Cercospora Leaf Spot, Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew, Rhizoctonia Root & Crown Rot
  • Touchstone Gold (gold): Cercospora Leaf Spot
  • Vereduna Alba: Cercospora Leaf Spot
  • Vulture  (dk red): Resistant to disorders

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