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Utilizing Boron to Improve Sugarbeet Yield, Quality, and Cercospra Leaf Spot Management
Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) is a destructive foliar pathogen impacting sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) production worldwide (Weiland & Koch, 2004). The causal fungus, Cercospora beticola Sacc., reduces root yield and recoverable sucrose while increasing sugar impurity concentrations resulting in revenue losses up to 40% (Shane & Teng, 1992; Lamey et al., 1996). Current management strategies rely […]
Introgression of the Cercospora Leaf Spot (CLS) Disease Resistance Trait From KEMS06 Sugar Beet Germplasm Into Two Double-Haploid Breeding Lines, KDH4-9 and KDH13
Introduction Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) caused by the fungal pathogen Cercospora beticola Sacc., is considered one of the most destructive foliar diseases of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) and closely related relatives such as table beets, spinach, and swiss chard (Panella and Lewellen 2007; Vogel et al., 2018; Rangel et al., 2020; Tan et al., […]
Microbial Isolates From North American Sugar Beet Factory Juices and Biofilms
INTRODUCTION Approximately 5.2 million short tons of beet sugar were produced in the U.S. in the fiscal year 2021-22, accounting for 56.3% of total domestic sugar production (Abadam, 2023). During growth and storage of sugar beets, microbial infection of plant roots can cause devastating crop loss, sucrose degradation and carryover of microbes and associated soil […]
Soil Fertility for Field Corn Grown after Unharvested Sugar Beets
The goal of Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (SMBSC) is to optimize the sugar factory’s capacity. To do this the grower’s goal is to raise enough high quality sugar beets to meet the needs of the factory. Some years this may mean sugar beet acres will not be harvested because of a greater than anticipated […]
Nitrogen Application Rate and Timing in the Imperial Valley of California
Growers in the Imperial Valley have adopted glyphosate resistant varieties in their sugar beet production system. One of the advantages of the use of glyphosate resistant varieties is the reduction of the need to cultivate for weed control at layby (November). This cultivation operation at layby was also combined with a split application of nitrogen. […]
Fertilizer Value of Sugarbeet Processing Precipitated Calcium Carbonate for Crop Production in Southern Idaho
1 Introduction Sugarbeet production in the Northwest U.S. is located primarily in southern Idaho and southeastern Oregon. Sugarbeet growers produce beets for the Amalgamated Sugar Company (ASCO), a grower-owned cooperative. From 2017 to 2021 an average of 67,340 ha yr-1 (166,400 ac yr-1) of sugarbeets were harvested in this growing area (USDA-NASS, 2022). Annually, ASCO […]