Determining ways to reduce sugar and quality losses in harvested sugarbeet roots.
Improving Cercospora Leaf Spot management in sugarbeet using molecular technologies.
Our goal is to improve the quality and profitability of sugarbeet through fundamental research on germplasm enhancement, crop protection, and postharvest physiology.
Mission
The mission of the Sugarbeet Research Unit is to improve the sustainability and profitability of sugarbeet production through innovative and applied research on germplasm enhancement, crop protection, postharvest physiology, and automated systems.