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Review

Sugar Beet Cultivation in the Tropics and Subtropics: Challenges and Opportunities

by
Muhammad Tayyab
1,2,
Abdul Wakeel
1,*,
Muhammad Umair Mubarak
3,
Arkadiusz Artyszak
4,*,
Sajid Ali
5,
Erdogan Esref Hakki
6,
Khalid Mahmood
7,
Baiquan Song
8 and
Muhammad Ishfaq
9
1
Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
2
Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
3
Agronomy Department, Commercial Division, Engro Fertilizers Limited, Hyderabad 71000, Pakistan
4
Institute of Agriculture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
5
Department of Agronomy, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
6
Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Selcuk University, Konya 42250, Turkey
7
Rothamsted Research, West Common, Harpenden AL2 5JQ, UK
8
National Sugar Crops Improvement Center, College of Advanced Agriculture and Ecological Environment, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
9
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Agronomy 2023, 13(5), 1213; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051213
Submission received: 22 February 2023 / Revised: 16 April 2023 / Accepted: 21 April 2023 / Published: 25 April 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Soil and Plant Nutrition)
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Abstract

Sugar beet, an important sugar crop, is particularly cultivated in humid regions to produce beet sugar, fulfilling about 25% of the world’s sugar requirement, supplementing cane sugar. However, sugar beet is not well adopted in the farming system of the tropics and subtropics, which is largely due to the historically well-established production technology of sugarcane and the lower awareness among local growers of sugar beet cultivation. Thus, the poor understanding of pest and disease management and the lack of processing units for sugar beet partially hinder farmers in the large-scale adaptation of sugar beet in the tropics and subtropics. Recent climatic developments have drawn attention to sugar beet cultivation in those regions, considering the low water demand and about half the growing duration (5–6 months) in contrast to sugarcane, sparing agricultural land for an extra crop. Nevertheless, a considerable knowledge gap exists for sugar beet when closely compared to sugarcane in tropical and subtropical growth conditions. Here, we examined the leverage of existing published articles regarding the significance and potential of sugar beet production in the tropics and subtropics, covering its pros and cons in comparison to sugarcane. The challenges for sugar beet production have also been identified, and possible mitigation strategies are suggested. Our assessment reveals that sugar beet can be a promising sugar crop in tropical and subtropical regions, considering the lower water requirements and higher salt resistance.
Keywords: sugar beet; tropics; adaptation challenges; management practices; sugar recovery; industrial quality sugar beet; tropics; adaptation challenges; management practices; sugar recovery; industrial quality

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Tayyab, M.; Wakeel, A.; Mubarak, M.U.; Artyszak, A.; Ali, S.; Hakki, E.E.; Mahmood, K.; Song, B.; Ishfaq, M. Sugar Beet Cultivation in the Tropics and Subtropics: Challenges and Opportunities. Agronomy 2023, 13, 1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051213

AMA Style

Tayyab M, Wakeel A, Mubarak MU, Artyszak A, Ali S, Hakki EE, Mahmood K, Song B, Ishfaq M. Sugar Beet Cultivation in the Tropics and Subtropics: Challenges and Opportunities. Agronomy. 2023; 13(5):1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051213

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Tayyab, Muhammad, Abdul Wakeel, Muhammad Umair Mubarak, Arkadiusz Artyszak, Sajid Ali, Erdogan Esref Hakki, Khalid Mahmood, Baiquan Song, and Muhammad Ishfaq. 2023. "Sugar Beet Cultivation in the Tropics and Subtropics: Challenges and Opportunities" Agronomy 13, no. 5: 1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051213

APA Style

Tayyab, M., Wakeel, A., Mubarak, M. U., Artyszak, A., Ali, S., Hakki, E. E., Mahmood, K., Song, B., & Ishfaq, M. (2023). Sugar Beet Cultivation in the Tropics and Subtropics: Challenges and Opportunities. Agronomy, 13(5), 1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13051213

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