Turkey: Climate change and drought negatively affect sugar beet production

In the city where sugar beet cultivation area is high, climatic negativities reduce yield and quality. High autumn temperatures during the ripening period prevent the sugar content of the plant from increasing. The methods farmers apply to achieve yield and quality increase labor and cost. The need for more underground water due to insufficient rainfall negatively affects resources. "THERE ARE MAJOR DECREASES IN ROOT YIELD AND SUGAR RATE" Selçuk University Agriculture and Climate Change Application and Research Center Director Prof. Dr. Kubilay Kurtuluş Baştaş told AA correspondent that in recent years, a decrease has been observed in the amount of sugar obtained from beet harvested per unit area. Baştaş, who drew attention to the fact that the climate crisis is one of the biggest disasters for this and the next century, said, "Increasing temperatures and drought due to global warming bring about negativities in plant development, decreases in yield and sugar content. Increasing ...