Sugarbeets

In agriculture, the average benefit/cost ratio from insecticide use ranges from 3 to 5 return for every 1 invested by the farmer(s). There are many examples where the return is much greater. In California, treatment of sugarbeets with granular phorate systemic insecticide to control the aphid and... 

Sugarcane is cultivated ia tropical and semitropical regions, eg. Central and South America, Cuba, India, AustraUa, Africa, and the Ear East. Sugarbeets are grown ia more temperate climates such as North America, Europe, and the former Soviet Union. In some nations, eg, the United States, China, and Japan, sucrose is produced from both sources. 

M. A. Clarke andM. A. GodshaH, eds.. Chemist and Processing of Sugarbeet and Sugarcane, Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1988. 

M. A. Clarke, ed.. Proceedings of Workshop on Products of Sugarbeet and Sugarcane, Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc., New Orleans, La., 1996. 

Sucrose, commonly known as sugar, has been used as a natural sweetening agent for almost 4000 years. It is isolated from sugarbeet beta vulgaris) in Europe and from sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) in the tropics. Its total world production in 1994—1995 was 116 million metric tons. 

Glucose Isomeriza.tion, Enzymatic isomerization of glucose to fmctose provides a real alternative to sugar (sucrose) derived from sugarcane or sugarbeets. The commercial product obtained is known as high fmctose com symp (HECS). Two grades of the symp have become estabUshed on the world market, HECS-42 and HECS-55, which contain 42 and 55% fmctose on dry substance basis. These products account for over one-third of the caloric sweetener market ia the United States. 

Pseudomonas fluorescens Fll3 2,4-Diacetylphlo roglucinol Pythium ultimum, Fusarium oxysporum, Phoma beta, Rhizopus stolonifera Sugarbeet Damping-off 117... 

Row Crops Corn Cotton Sorghum Soybeans Peanuts Sugarbeets Sugarcane (harvested) Tobacco (harvested) 34,056 5,799 6,485 27,520 614 509 305 394... 

Mn oats, rye, wheat, rice, maize, peas, soy beans potatoes, cotton, tobacco, sugarbeet, tea, sugar-cane, pineapples, pecan, peaches, spinach, citrus, a number of forest trees South Australia, Indian, Syria, Pakistan, North China Plain, North West China... 

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