Sugarbeets
Michigan Sugarbeet Industry Research Priorities
Soil Management
- Soil Health/Quality
- Drainage
- Tilth
- Water Holding Capacity
- Soil pH
- Manure Impacts
- Lime
- Cover Crops (e.g. Oilseed Radish, Clover, etc)
- Compaction
- Pinch Rows
- Impact of First Pass
- Wind Erosion
- Cover Crops
- Residue-How Much (%)
- What Are the Other Impacts of Residue
Stand Establishment (Fall vs Spring)
- Emergence
- Tillage (Fall vs Spring)
- Seedbed Preparation…Stale Seedbed
- Depth
- Row Spacing
- Plant Population
Insects
- Tarnish Plant Bug (Lygus)
- Root Aphids (below ground)
- White Grubs (True/Annual)
- Flea Beetles
- Spring Tails
- Cut Worms
- Seed Treatments
Disease Management
- Rhizoctonia Control
- Fungicides Resistance Management
- Tolerant Varieties
- Cercospora Leafspot Management
- New Fungicides
- Resistance with Fungicides
- Root Rot Complexes
- Alternaria Leaf Spot
- Resistance
- Aphanomyces
- Impact
- Rhizomania
- Fusarium
- Sugar Beet Cyst Nematode
- Seedling Disease Interactions
- Seed Treatments
Varieties
- Risk Management Traits
- Soil Type Impacts
- Smooth Root
- High: Sugar, RWSA, RWST
- Good Disease Packages
- Seed Treatments
Economy (Sound Economics)
- Cost Analysis/Comparison
- Bottom Line Impact
- Risk Management
Fertilizer
- Starter
- Liquid vs Dry
- In-Furrow vs Banded 2x2
- Mn and B
- Fertility Recommendation for Row Spacing
- Heavier Residue Impact
- Soil pH
- Grid Sampling (Variable Rate Tech)
- Lime Sources
- Nitrogen Management
- Foliar Feed
- Effects With Fertilizers and Sugar Purity
- Difference in Row Spacing and Amount of Fertilizer Needed
Weed Control
- Timing (Temperature Impact)
- Fungicide Interaction
- Reduce Herbicide Injury
- Sugar Beet Competition With Weeds
- Herbicide Resistances (e.g. Waterhemp, Residual Herbicide Options Horseweed, Palmer Amaranth)
- Controlling Roundup Ready Canola
Storage
- Improving Beet Storage
Topping/Harvesting
- Improving Sugar Beet Defoliation
- Reduce Harvest Loss
- Respiration on Beet Storage
Last Updated: December 2017