PROJECT NO.

DURATION/ COMPLETION DATE

GROUP 1 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES, CROP IMPROVEMENT, VARIETIES

CONTRACTORS

00/11

2 years                    31^st March 2002

A drought tolerance screen for existing beet varieties - adding value to NIAB trial results  

Broom's Barn Research Station

00/41

4 years                    31st March 2004

NIAB Independent Variety Trials

NIAB and British Sugar plc

02/16

4 years                    31^st March 2006

Biotechnological approach to improved control of quality, pest and disease traits in sugar beet

Broom’s Barn Research Station

02/17 

4 years                    31^st March 2006

Improving the drought tolerance of sugar beet

Broom’s Barn Research Station

02/18

1 year                      31^st March 2003

Extension of the BRIGHT Botanical and Rotational Implications of Genetically Modified Herbicide Tolerance project (99/24)

Broom's Barn and Morley (TAG)

04/11  

06/20

06/22

06/23

07/14

08/01

4 years                    31^st March 2008

4 years

31st March 2010

1 year

31st March 2007

4 years

31st March 2010

4 years

31st March 2011

4 years

31st March 2012

Sugar Beet Independent Variety Trials

Evaluating genes for controlling premature bolting & root rot diseases in sugar beet

Selection methods for the improvement of drought tolerance and water use efficiency in sugar beet

Using multi-environment variety trial data to screen for drought tolerance

Physiology-based selection methods for improving sugar beet productivity under water-limited conditions

 Sugar beet variety trials 2008-2012

NIAB and British Sugar plc

Broom's Barn Research Station

Broom's Barn Research Station

Broom's Barn Research Station

Broom's Barn Research Station

NIAB, British Sugar plc and Broom's Barn

GROUP 2 - DIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT

00/02

3 Years                   31^st March 2003

Field evaluation of chitin pelleted seed for pest and disease control in sugar beet  

ADAS High Mowthorpe  and British Sugar plc  

00/04

4 years                    31^st March 2004

Agronomic strategies and the Economics of Organic Sugar Beet Production  

ADAS Terrington, British Sugar plc and Silsoe

01/06 

4 years                    31^st March 2006

Evaluation of minimal tillage and the ‘Aqueel’ soil management systems as components of environmentally-benign sugar beet production

British Sugar plc and Morley Research Centre (TAG).

01/18

Project in limbo

Demonstration of  Headland Management Options to Enhance the Environment Around UK sugar beet fields

Broom's Barn Research Station, British Sugar plc and UAP

01/19

2 years                    31^st March 2003

Energy and Environment Impact Assessment for Sugar Beet Production Systems

Broom's Barn Research Station and University of Hertfordshire  

02/19

1 year                      31^st March 2003

Optimising beet seedling establishment, weed control, yield and profitability in non-plough tillage systems: a review  

Broom's Barn Research Station

02/20

1 year                      31^st March 2003

Avoiding pollution in water courses by controlling run-off and water erosion from sugar beet land: A review  

Broom's Barn Research Station

02/25

1 year                      31st March 2003

Competition review: Recent progress in sugarcane research, breeding and production practice by major sugar exporters  

Broom's Barn Research Station

03/12

2 years                    31^st March 2005

Novel weed management options to provide in-field benefits to the environment

Broom’s Barn Research Station

03/13

2 years                    31^st March 2005

The value of the sugar beet crop and headland set-aside in beet fields for birds and the farm environment

Broom’s Barn Research Station, British Sugar plc, BTO and RSPB.

05/11

07/25

4 years                    31^st March 2009

3 years

31st March 2010

Management of sugar beet to enhance biodiversity and increase availability of food for birds

Strip Tillage - a new concept sugar beet production

Broom’s Barn Research Station and British Trust for Ornithology

The Arable Group and British Sugar plc

GROUP 3 - PHYSIOLOGY & RESPONSE TO INPUTS & ENVIRONMENT

00/12

4 Years                   31^st March 2004

Physiology of beet growth during autumn

Broom's Barn Research Station  

00/14

6 months                  30^th September 2000  

Precision agriculture in beet rotations: a continuation in 2000

Broom's Barn Research Station, Silsoe and British Sugar plc

00/25

4 Years                   31^st March 2004

Establishing the potassium requirements of modern, high-yielding sugar beet crops for yield and beet quality.  

British Sugar plc and Rothamsted Research

00/26

4 Years                   31^st March 2004

Predicting changes in the sugar content of delivered beet during the processing campaign  

British Sugar plc and Broom's Barn  

00/39

3 Years                   30^th September 2003

High resolution meteorological data to support improved decision-making and increased profitability in sugar beet production  

CSL, Broom's Barn and British Sugar plc

02/05

1 Year                     31^st March 2003

Review of the interactions of nutrients in the growth, productivity and quality of sugar beet  

Rothamsted Research and British Sugar plc  

03/04 

3 years 6 months     30^th September 2006

Sulphur Fertilizer for Sugar Beet

Broom’s Barn Research Station and Rothamsted Research.

03/26 

4 years                    31^st March 2007

Re-evaluation of the model to predict the level of crop bolting from temperature information

British Sugar plc

04/06  

2 years                    31^st March 2006

Benchmarking beet production performance: a decision support system for individual growers

Broom’s Barn Research Station and British Sugar plc

04/14  

2 years                    31^st March 2006

Effects of sodium and triazole fungicides on yield and quality on soils of different K index

British Sugar plc and Rothamsted Research

05/23

3 years                    31^st March 2008

Analysis of the causes of recent changes in beet amino-N and alkalinity

British Sugar plc, Broom’s Barn Research Station and Armstrong Fisher Ltd

05/25

06/25

07/21

1 year                      31^st March 2006

2 years

31st March 2009

2 years

30th June 2008

Factory estimates of K in beet tissue water for monitoring the K status of soils

Benchmarking Grower's Production to the Potential Yield set by the Environment

Improving recommendations and advice for N use in sugar beet

British Sugar plc

Broom's Barn Research Station and British Sugar plc

British Sugar plc and Broom's Barn Research Station

GROUP 4 - PEST , DISEASES & WEEDS

00/07

4 years                    31^st March 2004

Control of late season foliar diseases

Broom's Barn Research Station

00/08

1 year                      31^st March 2001  

Biological control of seedling diseases

Broom's Barn Research Station  

00/08a

1 year                      31^st March 2003

Foliar disease trials

Broom's Barn Research Station  

00/08b

2 years                    31^st March 2004

Pathogenicity of rhizomania 'P' type

Broom's Barn Research Station  

00/27

2 years                    31^st March 2002

The promotion of alternative herbicide strategies (e.g. FAR) for sugar beet to UK growers  

British Sugar plc

00/37

2 years                    31^st March 2002  

Development of a field test kit for the detection of rhizomania in sugar beet crops  

CSL

00/38

3 years                    31^st March 2003

An investigation of novel methods for the control of Polymyxa betae, the vector of rhizomania  

CSL

00/47

3 years                    31^st March 2003

Evaluation of 'FAR' techniques for weed control in sugar beet  

Morley (TAG) and British Sugar plc  

00/60

5 months                 31^st August 2000  

Survey of foot rot problems in sugar beet

Broom's Barn Research Station  

01/01 

4 years                    31^st March 2005

Population and Insecticide Resistance Dynamics in Aphid Vectors of Beet Viruses

Rothamsted Research

01/03

2 years                    31^st March 2004  

Development of practical guidelines for cost-effective inter-row weed control  

ADAS Terrington and British Sugar plc  

01/14

2 years                    31^st March 2003  

Potential for exploiting cultivar characteristics to reduce root rotting  

NIAB

01/21B 

4 years                    31^st March 2005

Monitoring and management of resistance to neonicotinoids and other insecticides in Myzus Persicae

Rothamsted Research  and Broom’s Barn Research Station

01/21C

2 years                    31^st March 2003

Efficacy and environmental impact of neonicotinoid seed treatments

Broom's Barn Research Station and British Sugar plc  

01/22

4 months                 28^th February 2002

Modelling the effects of stewardship and imports on the spread of rhizomania in the UK  

University of Cambridge

02/22

1 year                      31^st March 2003  

Review of weed removal in relation to environmental objectives  

Broom's Barn Research Station  

03/01

1 year                      31^st March 2004

Evaluating the incidence and spread of rhizomania from British Sugar factory tarehouse data  

Rothamsted and British Sugar plc

03/05a 

4 years                    31^st March 2007

Interactions between beet viruses , their vectors and hosts I. Aphid monitoring and infectivity studies

Broom’s Barn Research Station and British Sugar plc.

03/05b 

4 years                    31^st March 2007

Interactions between viruses, their vectors and hosts II.  Virus variability and its implications for future resistant varieties

Broom’s Barn Research Station and British Sugar plc.

03/06 

4 years                    31^st March 2007

The Monitoring and Control of Rhizomania in the UK

Broom’s Barn Research Station

03/07 

4 years                    31^st March 2007

Improved disease resistance in sugar beet

Broom’s Barn Research Station

03/11 

2 years                    31^st March 2005

Potential of novel neonicotinoid insecticide seed and spray treatments for control of pests including sporadic pests

Broom’s Barn Research Station and British Sugar plc.

03/18 

2 years                    31st March 2005

Herbicide options for control of weed beet in the rotation

Broom’s Barn Research Station.

03/20 

3 years                     31^st March 2006

Synchronised granule application