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  2. Sugar beet - Wikipedia

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    Sugar beets grow exclusively in the temperate zone, in contrast to sugarcane, which grows exclusively in the tropical and subtropical zones. The average weight of a sugar beet ranges between 0.5 and 1 kg (1.1 and 2.2 lb). Sugar beet foliage has a rich, brilliant green color and grows to a height of about 35 cm (14 in).

  3. BBCH-scale (beet) - Wikipedia

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    4: Development of harvestable vegetative plant parts Beet root 49: Beet root has reached harvestable size 5: Inflorescence emergence (2nd year of growth) 51: Beginning of elongation of main stem 52: Main stem 20 cm long 53: Side shoot buds visible on main stem 54: Side shoots clearly visible on main stem 55

  4. Beta (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Beet (Beta vulgaris) has an immense economic importance as sugar crop , and a great importance as a vegetable (Chard, Beetroot), and as fodder plant (Mangelwurzel). This species is also used as medicinal plant , ornamental plant , dye and as renewable resource .

  5. Beta vulgaris - Wikipedia

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    Altissima Group, [12] sugar beet (Syn. B. v. subsp. v. convar. vulgaris var. altissima) [13] - The sugar beet is a major commercial crop due to its high concentrations of sucrose, which is extracted to produce table sugar. It was developed from garden beets in Germany in the late 18th century after the roots of beets were found to contain sugar ...

  6. Betoideae - Wikipedia

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    Beet (Beta vulgaris) has an immense economic importance as sugar crop , and a great importance as a vegetable (chard, beetroot), and as fodder plant (mangelwurzel). This species is also used as medicinal plant , ornamental plant , dye and as renewable resource .

  7. Genetically modified sugar beet - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, GM sugar beets were commercialized and GM seed sold in the United States. [1] In 2008/2009, 60% of the sugar beets grown in the US were GM. By 2009/2010, the percentage of GM beets had grown to 95%. [5] [9] In August 2010, commercial planting of GM sugar beets was suspended following a lawsuit and US district court revocation of their ...

  8. Sugar industry of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Sugar beets are the other leading raw material for manufactured sugar in the United States. This is a sturdy crop grown in a wide variety of temperate climatic conditions and planted annually. Sugar beets can be stored for a short while after harvest, but must be processed before sucrose deterioration occurs.

  9. Nematology - Wikipedia

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    Kuhn [18] (1874) is thought to be the first to use soil fumigation to control nematodes, applying carbon disulfide treatments in sugar beet fields in Germany. In Europe from 1870 to 1910, nematological research focused heavily on controlling the sugar beet nematode as sugar beet production became an important economy during this time in the Old World.