Draycott A.P. (ed.) Sugar Beet

Blackwell Publishing, 2006. — 515 p. — (World Agriculture Series; Book 5).
ISBN13: 978-1-4051-1911-5.
ISBN10: 1-4051-1911-X.Sugar beet, alongside sugar cane, is the main source of sugar across the world. Grown widely in Europe, North and South America, Asia and parts of North Africa, the crop is at the core of a multi-billion dollar global industry.
A. Philip Draycott has gathered 32 international experts to create this defining text, providing a comprehensive review of the latest research in a clear and accessible form, providing the reader with: — Definitive account of this major world crop. — Coverage of all aspects of successful sugar beet growing. — Over 2,500 references from international literature. — Colour images to assist in the identification of sugar beet pests, diseases and nutrient deficiencies.
All those involved with the crop, including growers and processors, sugar beet and sugar organisations and society members will find this book to be an invaluable resource. Agricultural and plant scientists, food scientists and technologists and all libraries in research institutions where these subjects are studied and taught will find it a valuable addition to their shelves.Introduction (A. Philip Draycott).
Origins of crop.
Production.
Crop improvement.
Where grown.
Sugar consumption.
Economics and politics.
World production of sugar from beet and cane.
Sugar beet performance.
Future.Development of Sugar Beet (Sally A. Francis).Early domestication of beet crops.
Development of sugar beet from fodder beet.
Establishment of a global beet sugar industry.
Technical development of sugar beet.
Future developments.
Plant Structure and Crop Physiology (George F. J. Milford).Storage root development and sugar accumulation.
Nutritional physiology and beet quality.
Reproductive development.Genetics and Breeding (Nils Olof Bosemark).Objectives of sugar beet breeding.
Characters subjected to selection.
The inheritance of specific characters.
Autotetraploidy in sugar beet.
Selection methods.
Traditional methods of variety development in sugar beet.
Background to hybrid breeding in sugar beet.
Hybrid breeding methods and development of hybrid varieties.
Breeding for specific characters.
The impact of plant biotechnology on sugar beet breeding.
Strategies in a comprehensive hybrid breeding programme with sugar beet.
Seed Production and Quality (Albert Kockelmann and Uwe Meyer).Methods of beet seed production.
Flowering, maturation and seed harvest.
Seed processing.
Quality testing.
Seed law requirements.
Soil Tillage and Crop Establishment (Inge Håkansson, Lennart Henriksson and Jens E. Blomquist).
Objectives of tillage.
Primary tillage.
Secondary tillage, sowing and post-sowing tillage.
Mechanical weed control.
Soil compaction.
Subsoil loosening.
Protection against wind erosion.
Agronomy (Keith W. Jaggard and Aiming Qi).Crop growth.
Analysing agronomy in physiological terms.
Analysing the effects of weeds and virus yellows on growth and yield.
Mathematical models and their uses.
Nutrition – Nitrogen (Michel Cariolle and Rémy Duval).
Importance.
Nitrogen uptake and concentration.
Nitrogen deficiency and its detection.
Effect of nitrogen on germination, emergence and establishment.
Effect of nitrogen on growth and yield.
Effect of nitrogen on root quality.
Soil supplies of nitrogen.
Form and application of nitrogen fertilizer.
Interactions with the environment.
Summary and conclusions.
Nutrition – Phosphorus, Sulphur, Potassium, Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium and Micronutrients – Liming and Nutrient Deficiencies (Donald R. Christenson and A. Philip Draycott).Phosphorus.
Sulphur.
Potassium.
Sodium.
Calcium.
Magnesium.
Micronutrients or trace elements.
Boron.
Manganese.
Copper.
Zinc.
Iron.
Chlorine.
Molybdenum.
Soil acidity and liming.
Nutrient deficiencies.
Water Use and Irrigation (Rodrigo Morillo-Velarde and Eric S. Ober).Water as a resource.
The sugar beet crop and water.
Water and physiology.
Defining the water status of plants and soils.
Water use by sugar beet.
Irrigation management.
Responses to irrigation.
Irrigation practices.
Deficit irrigation.
Salinity.
Germination and emergence.
Irrigation and other factors.
Drought tolerance.
Virus Diseases (Mark Stevens, Hsing-Yeh Liu and Olivier Lemaire).
Rhizomania.
Other soil-borne viruses.
Virus yellows.
Other diseases.
Fungal and Bacterial Diseases (Michael J.C. Asher and Linda E. Hanson).Seedling diseases.
Foliar diseases.
Root diseases.
Bacterial diseases.
Pests (Alan M. Dewar and David A. Cooke).Effects of pests on establishment, growth and yield.
Distribution, biology and pathogenicity of major pests.
Minimizing yield losses caused by pests.
Weeds and Weed Control (Mike J. May and Robert G. Wilson).Weeds.
Weed competition and the effect of time of removal.
Weed control.
Weed control outside the sugar beet crop.
Herbicide resistance.
Crop injury from herbicides.
Storage (Larry G. Campbell and Karen L. Klotz).Respiration.
Carbohydrate impurity formation.
Storage rots.
Crop management and growing conditions.
Reducing mechanical damage.
Storage pile management.
Root Quality and Processing (John Dutton and Toon Huijbregts).Historical overview of beet technical quality.
Concepts of good beet quality.
Quality parameters.
Factors influencing quality.
Evolution of beet quality.Co-products (Janice I. Harland, Calvin K. Jones and Chuck Hufford).Sugar beet roots.
Sugar beet tops.
Sugar beet pulp.
Sugar beet molasses.
Molassed sugar beet pulp (feed).
Beet vinasse.
Concluding remarks.