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Journal of Experimental Botany 2009 60(7):1919-1925; doi:10.1093/jxb/erp110
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© The Author [2009]. Published by Oxford University Press [on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology]. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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Capture and use of solar radiation, water, and nitrogen by sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.)

K. W. Jaggard1,*, A. Qi1 and E. S. Ober1

1Rothamsted Research, Broom's Barn Research Centre, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 6NP, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: keith.jaggard{at}bbsrc.ac.uk

Sugar beet is spring-sown for sugar production in most sugar beet-growing countries. It is grown as a vegetative crop and it accumulates yield (sugar) from very early in its growth cycle. As long as the sugar beet plants do not flower, the sugar accumulation period is indefinite and yield continues to increase. This paper reviews the success of the sugar beet crop in capturing and using solar radiation, water and mineral nitrogen resources. The prospects for improved resource capture and therefore increased sugar yield are also considered, particularly the potential to increase solar radiation interception in the future by sowing the crop in the autumn.

Key words: Autumn beet, root distribution, winter beet

Received 22 January 2009; Revised 5 March 2009 Accepted 5 March 2009


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