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Environmental Sciences
Fahad Alotaibi, Atif A. Bamagoos, Fekry M. Ismaeil, Wenying Zhang, Salah Fatouh Abou-Elwafa
Summary: The study found that the application of treated filter cake in saline soils significantly improved sugar beet biofortification and reduced sugar losses during beet sugar processing. Treated filter cake decreased K%, Na%, and alpha-amino-N content in the soil, while enhancing sucrose content and quality index in beet roots, leading to an increase in recoverable sugar yield. Linear regression analysis showed that reducing soil Na+ content and increasing Ca2+ content increased the quality index and sugar loss yield. Treated filter cake shows promise as an amendment for saline soil remediation to improve sugar beet biofortification and reduce sugar losses.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Katharina Sielemann, Boas Pucker, Elena Orsini, Abdelnaser Elashry, Lukas Schulte, Prisca Viehoever, Andreas E. Mueller, Axel Schechert, Bernd Weisshaar, Daniela Holtgraewe
Summary: In this study, we identified the causal genes providing tolerance against BCN infection in sugar beet by combining experimental and bioinformatic approaches. Our findings contribute to the understanding of plant-nematode interactions and can be used to develop new management strategies against BCN.
Review
Microbiology
Adrian Wolfgang, Nora Temme, Ralf Tilcher, Gabriele Berg
Summary: The association between sugar beet and microbiomes plays a crucial role in the health and performance of plants. The study of sugar beet microbiomes has contributed to our understanding of plant microbiomes in general and has provided insights into microbiome-based control strategies against plant pathogens. Furthermore, it has identified potential methods for improving sugar beet cultivation through biocontrol and microbiome-assisted breeding.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Jan Helge Behr, Hanna Bednarz, Victoria Goedde, Karsten Niehaus, Christian Zoerb
Summary: The combined occurrence of salt stress and hypoxia leads to severe stress response in roots and leaves of sugar beet plants, with accumulation of sugar compounds and osmoprotectants, indicating a similar metabolic response in young and mature leaves.
JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Zivko Curcic, Jelena Stepanovic, Christina Zuebert, Ksenija Taski-Ajdukovic, Andrea Kosovac, Emil Rekanovic, Michael Kube, Bojan Duduk
Summary: This study provides evidence of the association between 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' infection and the occurrence of Rubbery taproot disease (RTD) symptoms on sugar beet in Serbia. It also identifies a new tuf stolbur genotype and highlights differences in hybrid susceptibility. The results contribute to further epidemiological work in identifying insect vectors and reservoir plant hosts.
Article
Agronomy
Henrik Fuellgrabe, Norbert Claassen, Reinhard Hilmer, Heinz-Josef Koch, Klaus Dittert, Tino Kreszies
Summary: Potassium deficiency has a negative impact on sugar beet dry matter and sugar yield formation. Low soil potassium concentrations result in reduced sugar yield, with growth retardation occurring early in the plants' development. High soil potassium levels enhance potassium uptake and overall growth rates, leading to higher sugar yields. Adequate potassium fertilizer should be applied under low soil potassium conditions to support maximum growth and sugar yield. Banded potassium fertilizer application next to the plant rows is recommended for efficient supply.
JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Mikel Arrieta, Glenda Willems, Jerome DePessemier, Isabelle Colas, Alexandra Burkholz, Aude Darracq, Sigrid Vanstraelen, Pieter Pacolet, Camille Barre, Paul Kempeneers, Robbie Waugh, Steve Barnes, Luke Ramsay
Summary: Heat stress treatment on sugar beet F(1) plants resulted in a significant increase in recombination frequency, particularly in pericentromeric regions. The changes were mainly induced by alterations in female meiosis, indicating reduced heterochiasmy under heat stress in sugar beet. Despite a decrease in fertility, heat stress shows potential for promoting recombination in sugar beet breeding programs.
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS
(2021)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Ece Goktayoglu, Mecit Halil Oztop, Sureyya Ozcan
Summary: Interest in alternative plant-based protein sources is growing, and sugar beet leaves have potential to satisfy the demand due to their high protein content. This study used various methods to extract proteins from sugar beet leaves and characterized them using mass spectrometry. The results showed that the different extraction methods resulted in different protein profiles, which could potentially affect the physical and nutritional properties of functional products.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Karen K. Fugate, Mohamad F. R. Khan, John D. Eide, Peter C. Hakk, Abbas M. Lafta, Aiming Qi
Summary: Research finds that the severity of Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) disease does not significantly affect the storage properties of sugar beets. Therefore, storage of sugar beets harvested from plants with CLS does not require additional precautions.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Katharina Sielemann, Boas Pucker, Nicola Schmidt, Prisca Viehoever, Bernd Weisshaar, Tony Heitkam, Daniela Holtgraewe
Summary: This study sequenced and assembled the plastome sequences of several species in the Beta and Patellifolia genera, and used this data to determine the phylogeny of wild beets. The results showed that the Beta genus can be divided into two sections, and there are clear differences between species in the Patellifolia genus.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Rajtilak Majumdar, Carl A. Strausbaugh, Eric D. Vincill, Imad Eujayl, Paul J. Galewski
Summary: Through sequencing and analysis of leaf bacteriome changes in different sugar beet genotypes in response to Beet curly top virus, this study identified potential bacteria with antiviral properties, providing insights for their use as biocontrol agents or biomarkers against the virus in the future.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yinzhuang Dong, Gang Wang, Piergiorgio Stevanato, Gui Geng, Lihua Yu, Yuguang Wang
Summary: This study investigated the response mechanism of sugar beet to single ferrous, hypoxia stress, and interactive ferrous-hypoxia stress through physiological and biochemical analyses. The results showed that both single and interactive stresses inhibited the growth of sugar beet seedlings, with interactive stress having a more significant effect. The stresses also caused root damage, decreased chlorophyll content, impaired gas exchange, and induced oxidative stress. However, the seedlings enhanced their antioxidant capacity to mitigate the damage caused by the stresses.
JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Paul Galewski, Andrew Funk, J. Mitchell McGrath
Summary: Understanding the genetic basis of polygenic traits is a major challenge in agricultural species, especially in non-model systems. In this study, we used select and sequence experiments to identify the genomic background involved in conditioning seedling rhizoctonia resistance in sugar beet. We detected significant genomic variations associated with resistance, estimated changes in allele frequency, and identified candidate genes related to cell wall metabolism and plant disease resistance.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
J. Mitchell McGrath, Andrew Funk, Paul Galewski, Shujun Ou, Belinda Townsend, Karen Davenport, Hajnalka Daligault, Shannon Johnson, Joyce Lee, Alex Hastie, Aude Darracq, Glenda Willems, Steve Barnes, Ivan Liachko, Shawn Sullivan, Sergey Koren, Adam Phillippy, Jie Wang, Tiffany Liu, Jane Pulman, Kevin Childs, Shengqiang Shu, Anastasia Yocum, Damian Fermin, Effie Mutasa-Gottgens, Piergiorgio Stevanato, Kazunori Taguchi, Rachel Naegele, Kevin M. Dorn
Summary: A contiguous assembly of the 'EL10' sugar beet genome was constructed using PacBio long-read sequencing, BioNano optical mapping, Hi-C scaffolding, and Illumina short-read error correction. The EL10.1 assembly is highly congruent with the published sugar beet reference genome, with 96.2% of the genome contained in nine chromosome-sized pseudomolecules.
Article
Plant Sciences
Xin Song, Baiquan Song, Jialu Huo, Huajun Liu, Muhammad Faheem Adil, Qiue Jia, Wenyu Wu, Abudukadier Kuerban, Yan Wang, Wengong Huang
Summary: Boron deficiency affects sugar beet production, and the use of nutrient-efficient varieties is an important solution. This study aimed to determine the effects of B deficiency on leaf phenotype and photosynthetic functions in B-efficient and B-inefficient sugar beet cultivars. The results showed that B-efficient cultivar had better adaptability to morphological changes and photosynthetic functions under B deficiency, providing theoretical basis for the selection of efficient sugar beet cultivars.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)