sugarbeet
Sweet root vegetable
A sugarbeet is a variety of beet cultivated for its high sucrose content, used to produce sugar.
Unlike red table beets, sugarbeets are white and grown as an industrial crop.
About a third of the world's sugar comes from sugarbeets rather than sugarcane.
Also spelled as two words: sugar beet.
Glucose-fructose disaccharide
- molassesSyrup from cane processing
- syrupThick sugar liquid
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
extraction · sweetener · diffusion · juice · evaporation · centrifuge · granulated · processing
Gathering mature crops
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- fertilizerSoil nutrient supplement
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
tillage · rotation · yield · acreage · germination · cultivation · tractor · combine
Drinkable volatile spirit
- bioethanolFuel from fermented plants
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- biofuelFuel from organic sources
renewable · biorefinery · distillation · cellulosic · feedstock
sucrose
Glucose-fructose disaccharide
crystallization · extraction · sweetener · diffusion · juice · evaporation · centrifuge · granulated · processing
harvest
Gathering mature crops
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- fertilizerSoil nutrient supplement
planting · tillage · rotation · yield · acreage · germination · cultivation · tractor · combine · harvester
ethanol
Drinkable volatile spirit
- bioethanolFuel from fermented plants
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
biofuel · renewable · biorefinery · distillation · cellulosic · feedstock
taproot
Main descending root