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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (22): 24-29.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb16120031

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Several Factors Affecting Beet Quality

  

  • Received:2016-12-06 Revised:2017-07-12 Accepted:2017-07-14 Online:2017-08-21 Published:2017-08-21

Abstract: The chemical components of sugar beet root are considered to have a direct influence on the extraction of sugar during the process of sugar production in factory. Among the chemical components, potassium, sodium andα -nitrogen are usually regarded as representative harmful ash extracted from sugar beet. The purpose of planting sugar beet is making sugar, and the content of sugar is used as an important evaluation index. But the three harmful ash, potassium, sodium andα -nitrogen directly affect the extraction of sugar. Therefore, sugar, potassium, sodium andα -nitrogen are usually used as the four indicators to evaluate the quality of beet roots. Based on summarizing literatures and related researches, the influence factors of beet quality are analyzed and discussed in this paper, and the importance of quality evaluation of sugar beet root is highlighted. At the same time, the present situation of beet cultivation in China is analyzed, the existing problems in the cultivation are studied, and several suggestions are raised, aiming to provide reference for improving sugar beet quality.