This book is a compilation of advancements and achievements in the field of sugar beet cultivation. It covers recent research and up-to-date information on this crop. It discusses essential aspects for high production and good yield, development and crop management, such as origin, breeding, seed production, physiology, pathology, entomology, biotechnology, and post-harvest technology.
Sugar beet is known as an alternative crop for sugar production. A versatile crop having numerous uses, besides being raw material for sugar production, its molasses contain high amount of betaine which is used as a feed supplement. Due to its value profile it has attracted the millers and farmers alike.
This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, agriculture scientists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also the book serves as additional reading material for graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology and soil science. National and international agricultural scientists, policy makers will also find this to be a useful read.
Dr Varucha Misra is working in ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow as a Research Fellow. She received a Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. Recently her thesis work was awarded "SAAR Best Thesis Award 2018-2019" for her outstanding work in the field of frontier sciences. Her thesis work was also appreciated and published in the renowned newspaper of Dainik Jagran, Uttar Pradesh, India in 2020. She is a lifetime member of many professional societies such as Biologix Research and Innovation Centre Pvt. Ltd. (BRICPL), India, Society for Scientific & Social Development (SSSD), Meerut, U.P., India, Society for Community Mobilization for Sustainable development, India. She has published thirty-four research papers and eighteen review papers in National and International journals of repute. She has also published fifteen book chapters with reputed publishers like Springer. She has published three books, two edited books, and three e-bulletins focusing on sugarcane and sugar beet. She has also published several popular articles in Hindi language for benefit of farmers in several magazines and has also recently published two articles in Prabhat Khabar newspaper, Muzzaffarpur, Bihar (India) for the welfare of farmers. She was also appreciated for her reviewing work from Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia. In 2021, she received the AWSAR Award for Popular Writing from the Department of Science and Technology. In 2020, she got the Plantica Society's Young Scientist Award, and in 2018, she received the Young Biochemist Award from Biologix Research and Innovation Centre Pvt. Ltd.'s. In 2018, she received a Doctoral Research Fellow Award from the Society for Scientific and Social Development (SSSD) in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. In 2017, she was awarded Young Scientist Award from Samgra Vikas Welfare Society. She was also awarded Subject Expert in Microbiology, Agriculture and Nutrition from International Consortium for Clinical Research Excellence, Ethics and Education and appreciated the study of "Effect of Sugar Intake towards Human Health" as a noble cause of advancement of the art and science of clinical research in 2017. Further, she received Prof HS Shrivastava Young Scientist Award (Gold medal) in National Conference on CCSD-2015 for her oral presentation, Silver medal from poster presentation in International Conference on Impact of Environment on Women's Health organized by Amity University and National Institute of Environmental Sciences, North California, USA in 2017 and Best Paper in National Conference on Women in sugarcane Agriculture and industry in 2013. In addition, she received the Best Worker Award in the Research Fellow Category from ICAR- Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow in 2020 and 2021.
Dr. Santeshwari Srivastava is a M.Sc. & Ph.D. in Zoology. She has an experience of ten productive years in the research field of entomology as a Research fellow at Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Currently her research is mainly focused on the economical implications of insect pests on sugar beet and their management. She is actively involved in research in various fields and her research interests include insect taxonomy, insecticidal applications, soil arthropods identification, etc. She has published her 22 research outputs in reputed peer reviewed journals having citations. Considering her expertise in entomology she has published 10 research papers in reputed journals. In addition to it, she has 10 popular articles in the field of agriculture. As an editor of books, she has four books to her credit and published more than 12 book chapters with recognized national publishers. She has compiled and edited souvenirs of international conferences during her research tenure. She has presented her studies in various National and International conferences. She has been awarded as Scientist Associate Award from Astha Foundation, Meerut (UP) in 2016 for her excellent contribution in the field of research. For her exemplary work in International conference, she received Appreciation Award from Department of Extension Education, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in 2016. Recently she was honored Appreciation Award from Society for Agriculture and Allied Research (SAAR) for her marvelous association and inputs in organizing International Conference.
Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Mall, Principal Scientist (Genetics & Plant Breeding), ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow completed his B.Sc. (Ag.) from VBPS University, Jaunpur, UP in 2001 and both M.Sc. (Ag.) & Ph.D. (Ag.) in Genetics & Plant Breeding from ANDUA&T, Ayodhya (UP) during 2003 & 2006, respectively. He has done his Post-Doctorate from, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. After serving for three years as Scientist with IRRI, Philippines; he served as Senior Scientist at ICAR-Indian Grassland & Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi (UP), and then joined ICAR-IISR, Lucknow. Dr. Mall has multiple research and managerial responsibilities at IISR, Lucknow as In-charge, IISR Regional Center, Motipur & IISR Sugar beet Out Post, Mukteswar (Nainital). He has developed fifteen rice varieties for different ecologies and thirteen varieties in different forage crops namely Guinea grass, Oat, Cowpea, Pearl millet, Tall fescue, Lucerne, and Sewan grass, and one variety for sugarcane in collaboration under All India Coordinated Research Project (S). Through several cross combinations, he has identified eleven germplasm for Sugarcane and five germplasm for Sugar beet. He has life time membership of 27 professional societies. Dr. Mall significantly contributed in the sugarcane improvement program and is working for seed replacement through Breeder Seed Production under private-public partnership mode in Bihar, which is recognized by task force for improving sugarcane productivity and sugar recovery by Government of Bihar. He is also working on varietal development of sugar beet for Indian sub-tropical conditions and maintaining nearly 200 germplasm. He has received many prestigious awards from different National and International Societies. Dr Mall is a fellow of Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, New Delhi. He published more than 90 research papers in international and national journals of repute, 60 popular articles, and manuals, 69 abstracts published in national/international seminar/symposium, published 9 technical bulletins, 3 leaf folders, 3 e-technical bulletins, 3 e-folders, one inventory, and 3 e-books, 24 e-annual reports and e-proceedings, 10 annuals reports and 7 workshop proceedings compiled and edited to his credit. He has written three books, two edited souvenir cum abstract books, and written twenty-five book chapters including publishers like Springer, etc., and handled five externally funded and eight institutional research projects with ongoing one externally project and six institutional projects.
