Cooke D.A., Scott R.K. (eds.) The Sugar Beet Crop: Science into Practice

Chapman & Hall, 1993. — 675 p. — (World Crop Series).
ISBN13: 978-94-010-6654-9.
e-ISBN13: 978-94-009-0373-9.The workers from industry, research stations and universities, both in Europe and the USA were invited to contribute chapters in this book on various aspects of sugar-beet production and processing. It would be impossible for any of them to give absolutely comprehensive reviews of their subjects, so vast has been the amount of research and development work which has been carried out in the last 200 years. However, it is hoped that their accounts will give some indication of the achievements which have taken place during that period and perhaps provide a stimulus for the work which lies ahead if the sugar-beet crop is to continue to be competitive in the twenty-first century.Introduction (D.A. Cooke and R.K. Scott).
History of the crop (C. Winner).
Biology and physiology of the sugar-beet plant (M.C. Elliott and G.D. Weston).
Genetics and breeding (N.O. Bosemark).
Seed production and quality (E. Bornscheuer, K. Meyerholz and K.H. Wunderlich).
Soil management and crop establishment (L. Henriksson and I. Hakansson).
Crop physiology and agronomy (R.K. Scott and K.W. Jaggard).
Nutrition (A.P. Draycott).
Water use and irrigation (R.J. Dunham).
Rhizomania (M.J.C. Asher).
Diseases (J.E. Duffus and E.G. Ruppel).
Pests (D.A. Cooke).
Weeds and weed control (E.E. Schweizer and M.J. May).
Opportunities for manipulation of growth and development (T.H. Thomas, K.M.A. Gartland, A.Slater and M.C. Elliott).
Storage (W.M. Bugbee).
Root quality and processing (C.W. Harvey and J.V. Dutton).
By-products (J.I. Harland).