PART IV. THE PERIER-POSSOZ METHOD OP DEFECATION AND CARBON- I ATATION. Some manufacturers of beet root sugar in Europe have adopted the new process of Perier-Possoz, which we shall here describe ...

A new study has uncovered key genetic factors that influence both biomass and sugar content in sugar beet, a critical crop ...

People love the taste of sugar beets' primary byproduct: white sugar. Soilborne cyst nematodes—parasitic, microscopic worms—enjoy the root vegetable, too, but as their sole food source. It's an ...

Sweet potatoes and sugar beets are both root vegetables that are widely consumed for their unique flavors and nutritional ...

Nowadays sugar mostly comes from sugar beet, a root vegetable like a swede. However when this sugar cutter was in use sugar would have come from sugar cane, grown in the West Indies.

In-field yield mapping of root crops, such as sugar beet and potatoes, is tricky compared with grain crops, not least because of the added complication of ...

This week, the Government refused an emergency application for the use of the neonicotinoid pesticide Cruiser SB on sugar beet – a crop which has been beset with virus yellows, a disease ...

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Sugar beet growers have hit out at a government ban on a pesticide used on sugar beet crops as "another blow" to the industry. The government has turned down British Sugar's emergency application ...

No. IX. TECHNOLOGY—PART VI. Concentration of the Juice. The concentration of the juice of the beet root to the point at which the sugar will most readily crystallize, is not effected in a single ...

The Government has refused to allow the emergency use of a banned pesticide on sugar beet to protect bees and other pollinators. The application to use the pesticide had been made by British Sugar ...