Sugar beet harvesting

In order to ensnre the predicted volumes of bioethanol production in Ukraine, it is necessary to stimnlate the producers to do the renewal of fixed assets for both sugar beet and sngar and bioethanol production. The best option is the constraction of the combined workshops at sngar and ethanol factories which will prodnce bioethanol from sugar beet by-products in the season of sugar beet harvesting, and in the off-season - from the waste of grain of headed crops or com. 

Up to Harvest. Oilseed rape and field beans are used as break crops for winter wheat on a variety of soils, and potatoes are used on the lighter soils. Sugar beet may also be grown, but this depends not only on the soil but also on the proximity of a sugar beet processing factor. Four Rothamsted-based experiments compared the effectiveness of winter wheat and winter oilseed rape in their use of labelled nitrogen fertilizer. Potatoes were included in two of these experiments and sugar beet and field beans in one experiment each. Two criteria based on the... 

The Russian dandelion, which may contain up to 10% of good quality rubber. The plants are harvested and the rubber obtained in the manner of sugar from sugar beet. It is claimed that the yield per acre approaches that of plantation rubber. 

These fungicides are predominantly applied to control soil and seed-borne diseases in cotton, vegetables, sugar beet and ornamentals, as well as post-harvest fungi. Although some systemic activity has been reported, redistribution is largely through the vapour phase. 

This compound, l,2-dihydro-3,6-pvridazinedione, is also used as a growth regulator, herbicide, and plant modifier. It is used in the treatment of tobacco plants as a post-harvest sprouliug inhibitor and as a sugar content stabilizer in sugar beets. 

Polylactide is a degradable polyester, formed by the ring-opening polymerization of lactide or the condensation polymerization of lactic acid. Lactide is produced from lactic acid, which derives from the fermentation of D-glucose, which is usually harvested from high-starch-content crops, such as com or sugar beet (Fig. 1). 

Jerusalem artichoke had a similar methane production potential for repeated cuttings in the Finnish trials, whereas other leafy energy crops assessed, such as giant knotweed (Reynoutria sachalinensis F. Schmidt ex Maxim.) and sugar beet tops (Beta vulgaris L.), had methane potentials that increased at later harvests. Lignin levels were also unusually constant for the tops of Jerusalem artichoke, regardless of maturity, while nonstructural carbohydrates (fructans) increased in the stems... 

The sugar beet plants reach maturity normally in the fall (October and November in northern latitudes). It has been estabhshed that the sugar accumulation in beets peaks in October and because sugar decomposition as a result of respiration occurs during subsequent storage of beets, they are rapidly harvested and processed from the middle to the end of September. Therefore, the manufacture of beet sugar is very much a seasonal operation. 

Some years ago we began our experiments with radish plants in small plastic vessels. The pots were 45 mm high and 90 mm long. The substrate was quartz sand supplemented with a general nutrient solution. In each vessel 5 plants were cultivated. After the first true leaves had appeared an aqueous homobrassinolide solution was applied by spraying the leaves. Four weeks later, the plants were harvested, dried, measured and weighed. After certain experiments showed a small effect from homobrassinolide applications on root-, epicotyl- and total biomass, in the case of low water saturation, we carried out similar trials with sugar-beet plantlets (Table I). 

When applying phenmedipham at a normal rate (1 kg/ha) in sugar beet, less than 0.1 ppm residue, including 3-methylaniline, is found at harvest time. 

Sugar beets are harvested in the fields, washed, and cut into small pieces. The beet chips are then soaked in water and pressed to extract the sweet juice in them. The juice is boiled and the liquid evaporated to obtain crystalline sucrose. The solid material remaining from this process can be used as animal feed. 

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