Primary
objectives :
1. Maximise the yield
per hectar
(All
agrotechnical measures
have to serve this aim)
- High beet yield
- Good quality eg.
(high sugar content
with low molasses) |
2. Rentability
of production
(To use the minimum input for the
maximum sugar yield)
- Optimizing fertilization
- Using cheaper herbicid combinations
- Using cheaper fungicids and combinations |
3. Environmental
protection
(Minimalizing
the environmental
damaging effects of agrotechnical measures)
- Reduce the use of
pesticides
- Herbicide
resistant varietes
- Seed treatment
with insecticides
- Fungicides with
long-term effects |
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Materials and
methods:
- Field trials with small plots
- Greenhouse and growth room experiments
- Laboratory investigations:
- virus laboratory with ELISA
- soil and plant
investigations
(ICP)
- phytophatology laboratory
- technological quality
- biogas laboratory (gas analizator, fermentors)
- plant tissue culture laboratory (PCR gel electroforesis) |
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Hungarian
co-operations:
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Sugar factories
- Associations of sugar beet growers
- National Institute for Agricultural
Quality Control
- Universities
- Plant health and soil conservations
stations
- Seed, fertilizer and chemical companies |
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International
contacts:
- Institut für
Zuckerrübenforschung Göttingen
- Zuckerrübenforschung Tulln
- USDA - ARS Fargo, Salinas
- INRA Dijon
- IIRB |
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Publications:
- Annual report of sugar beet research
- Sugar Beet Journal
- Observer of technical literature about
sugar beet
- Technology for sugar beet cultivation
- Articles and papers in scientific
journals and popular
farming press |
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Programmes:
- Organization and pacticipation on
scientific conferences
and farmer meetings |
