Sugar beet: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Detailed information on sugar beet production and farming techniques is presented in D.A. Cooke and R.K. Scott (eds.), The Sugar Beet Crop (1993); A. Philip Draycott (ed.), Sugar Beet (2006); and Russell T. Johnson et al. (eds.), Advances in Sugarbeet Production: Principles and Practices (1971).

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Article title updated for style. Nov 04, 2026
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Sugar Beet Fertilization (PDF). Oct 01, 2026
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Plant Science - OMICS Technologies and Applications in Sugar Beet. Aug 06, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Phenolic compounds of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.): Separation method, chemical characterization, and biological properties. Mar 07, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Wisconsin Extension - Corn Agronomy - Sugarbeet. Jan 23, 2025
Add new Web site: Government of Canada - Canadian Food Inspection Agency - The Biology of Beta vulgaris L. (Sugar Beet). Oct 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Healthline - Beet Sugar vs. Cane Sugar: Which is Healthier? Jul 11, 2024
Add new Web site: OECD iLibrary - Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). May 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - The genome of the recently domesticated crop plant sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Dec 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Sugar Beet as an Energy Crop. Nov 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Land and Water - Sugarbeet. Sep 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Plant Science - OMICS Technologies and Applications in Sugar Beet. Jul 14, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Hephaestion. Jun 02, 2023
Add new Web site: BMC Genomic Data - Characterisation of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris) varieties using microsatellite markers. Apr 21, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Nebraska?Lincoln - Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources - CropWatch - History of sugarbeets. Feb 10, 2023
Link added. Jan 04, 2023
Noted that it is one of the four cultivated forms of Beta vulgaris. Jan 20, 2022
Add new Web site: Purdue Agriculture Horticulture and Landscape Architecture - Sugarbeets. Apr 12, 2016
Article revised. Jan 19, 2016
Bibliography revised. Jan 19, 2016
Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." Sep 02, 2010
Added new Web site: Interactive European Network for Industrial Crops and their Applications - Sugar Beet. Feb 04, 2009
Article revised and updated. Oct 30, 2008
Article added to new online database. Sep 28, 1998
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