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Title: The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of the ASSBT; A Clearing House for the Exchange of Ideas

Author
item Panella, Leonard
item Campbell, Larry
item McGrath, Jon
item LAMBERT, JOHN - Beet Sugar Development Foundation

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/1/2010
Publication Date: 3/2/2011
Citation: Panella, L.W., Campbell, L.G., Mcgrath, J.M., Lambert, J.L. 2011. The Journal of Sugar Beet Research of the ASSBT; A Clearing House for the Exchange of Ideas. Meeting Abstract.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: In 1935, 1936, and 1937, between 37 to 140 sugarbeet researchers met informally as the “Sugar Beet Round Table” to discuss the needs of the industry. At the 1937 meeting, which included California participants for the first time, the formation of a more structured national organization was proposed. As a result, the American Society of Sugar Beet Technologist (ASSBT) was officially created on 13 January 1938. Jim Fischer became the first salaried Secretary-Treasurer in 1947, and was a major force behind the 1956 launch of the Journal of the American Society of Sugar Beet Technologist (JASSBT); renamed the Journal of Sugar Beet Research (JSBR) in 1988. Prior to 1956 all research reports were published as proceedings of the biennial meetings. The original objective of ASSBT was “to foster all phases of sugar beet and beet sugar research, and to act as a clearing house for the exchange of ideas resulting from such work”. The wording of the current mission statement has changed slightly but remains primarily focused upon the original objectives. It is in this spirit of the founders that the publications of the ASSBT are now freely accessible to the general public on a recently established web-site (assbt-jsbr.org). This site has all issues of JASSBT, JSBR, and the proceedings of recent biennial meetings. The site is searchable and continues the mission of fostering all phases of sugar beet and beet sugar research, and acting as a clearing house for the exchange of ideas resulting from such work worldwide.