sugar beet

also sug·ar·beet (sho͝og′ər-bēt′)

1. A variety of beet that is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its fleshy white roots, which are a chief commercial source of sugar.

2. One of these roots.

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sugar beet

(Plants) a variety of the plant Beta vulgaris that is cultivated for its white roots from which sugar is obtained. Compare sugar cane

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sug′ar beet`

a variety of the common beet, Beta vulgaris, having a white root, cultivated for the sugar it yields.

[1810–20]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	sugar beet - form of the common beet having a sweet white root from which sugar is obtained beet, Beta vulgaris, common beet - biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
	2.	sugar beet - white-rooted beet grown as a source of sugar beet, beetroot - round red root vegetable

Translations

cukrová řepa

jurttisokerijuurikas

betteravier

cukorrépa

barbabietola da zucchero barbabietola rossa

甜菜砂糖大根

suikerbiet

burak cukrowy

sockerbeta

sugar beet

n → barbabietola da zucchero

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Biochemical characterisation and dietary fibre analysis of sugar beet supplemented cookies

The sugar beet curly top virus could meet its match in new sugar beet varieties derived from KDH13, a germplasm breeding line developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) researchers for resistance to the disease-causing pathogen.

New sugar beet resists curly top virus

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Mineral status, growth and yield response of sugar beet (Beta Vulagaris L.) to nitrogen fertilizer sources and water regime

One idea is to test the significance of sugar beet as a supplement to sugarcane for sugar production.

SUGAR BEET AN ALTERNATE OF SUGARCANE - III

by Habib Rahman Sherzai on 13 April, 2014 - 14:24 PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The production of brown sugar has doubled as farmers' increased growing sugar beet in northern Bghlan province.

Production of sugar surges in Baghlan

NFU sugar board chairman William Martin said: "We are pleased to have reached a successful agreement with British Sugar on the 2014/15 sugar beet price.

Price rise agreed for 2014/15 beet campaign

Proponents of the sugar beet subsidy, such as the owner of Lebanon's only sugar processing plant in Anjar, Raeef al-Kassem, argue that paying farmers a set price for a crop that can be produced, processed and sold in Lebanon will insulate struggling farmers in the Bek Valley from huge price fluctuations of commodities like potatoes and animal feed on the global market.

Critics question beet subsidy motives

Sugar beet contributes 33 percent of global 242 million metric tons of sugar production.

SUGAR BEET CULTIVATION: A SUPPLEMENT FOR SUGAR PRODUCTION

Sugar beet is considered a new crop in the irrigated areas of Thal region.

Evaluation of Sugar Beet Hybrid Varieties under Thal-Kumbi Soil Series of Pakistan