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Research Project: Increasing Sugar Beet Productivity and Sustainability through Genetic and Physiological Approaches

Location: Sugarbeet and Potato Research

Title: Sugar beet

Author
item Chu, Chenggen
item Dorn, Kevin
item Bolton, Melvin

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/3/2024
Publication Date: 5/20/2024
Citation: Bolton, M.D., Dorn, K.M., Chu, C.N. 2024. Sugar Beet. In: Oliver,R.P., editor. Agrios' Plant Pathology. 6th edition. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. p. 789-794.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Sugar beet is the source for approximately 20% of the world’s supply of table sugar. The crop is grown in temperate regions in many countries throughout the world. While sugar beet is a biennial species, the large sucrose-harboring taproot is harvested in the first year. Sugar beet is an important crop in regions where it is grown, driving the local economy from initial planting to the intensive crop harvest campaign to sucrose extraction in sugar beet processing factories. While it has been recently domesticated compared to other crop species, continual breeding efforts for nearly 250 years has led to a significant increase in sugar content and disease resistance.