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Sugar beet varieties from Strube

In our varieties we combine outstanding sugar content, consistently high yield potential, strong disease resistances and stress tolerance. This combination gives our customers the benefit of the best sugar beet prices and profits. Our sugar beet varieties meet the demands of farmers and sugar companies alike.

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Strube UK Sugar Beet Varieties

Morgan

Morgan offers good, stable yield performance, with average sugar content. Better than average establishment population, producing large healthy tops that cover the ground quickly. Morgan is suitable for all soil types but should not be selected for early drilling.

  • Good, stable yield
  • Average sugar content
  • Good establishment
  • Drill from mid-March onwards
  • Very low total impurities

 

Stewart

Stewart offers good yield, with higher than average sugar content. Average establishment population, producing large healthy tops that cover the ground quickly. Stewart is suitable for all soil types and can be selected for early drilling.

  • Good Yield
  • Higher Sugar Content
  • Low Bolting
  • Suitable for early drilling
  • Very low total impurities

 

Button

Button offers good yield, with a high level of tolerance to Beet Cyst Nematode (BCN). Button offers high establishment and very low bolting making it suitable for early drilling. 

  • Strong BCN tolerance
  • Very Low Bolting
  • Suitable for early drilling
  • Excellent establishment
  • Low total impurities         

 

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Barents

Proven widely across UK FE beet growing areas:

  • Consistent yield performance over more than 10 years commercial use
  • Low bolting – drill from mid-March onwards
  • Low crown height
  • A classic sugar beet variety, offering high dry matter - typically >22%
  • SUET pelleted with Tachigaren and Force

 

Degas

Proven widely across UK FE beet growing areas:

  • Consistent yield performance over more than 5 years commercial use
  • Offers higher yield potential
  • Very low bolting – suitable for earlier March drilling
  • Higher crown height
  • A classic sugar beet variety, offering high dry matter - typically >22%
  • SUET pelleted with Tachigaren and Force

 

Gahan

Newer to the UK FE beet market and gaining popularity:

  • Offers even higher yield potential in commercial use
  • Average bolting – drill from later March onwards
  • Higher crown height
  • A dual sugar/energy beet variety, offering high dry matter - typically >22% and high sugar content
  • SUET pelleted with Tachigaren and Force

 

Clemens

New to the UK FE beet market:

  • Offers highest yield potential in commercial use, combining genetics and priming. Demonstrates good yield stability under drought, VY and Cercospera pressure
  • Low bolting – drill from mid-March onwards
  • Low crown height
  • A new sugar/energy beet variety, offering high dry matter - typically >22% and high sugar content.
  • ‘3D+’ SUET pellet with Tachigaren and Force (You may wish to consider Barents or other FE variety substitution for 2023)

 

Find Out More

To find out more about Strube UK's sugar beet seed varities can help you build a better sugar beet business, please contact Richard by calling  07983 314 424 or emailing him here.

Varieties optimal for Sugar Production

Resistances / Tolerances
Type
Sugar Yield
Particularity
Morgan RZResistance - Rizomania Z Z-Typ high Higher sugar content Excellent establishment Very low impurities
Stewart RZResistance - Rizomania Z Z-Typ high Higher sugar content Suitable for early sowing Good establishment Very low impurities
Button RZResistance - Rizomania Z Z-Typ high High performance under BCN pressure Suitable for early sowing Excellent establishment Low total impurities

Our beets for Biogas and Feeding

Resistances / Tolerances
Type
Sugar Yield
Particularity
Barents RZResistance - Rizomania Energy high Proven and stable Excellent establishment
Degas RZResistance - Rizomania Energy very high Proven and stable Higher crown habit Suitable for early sowing Good establishment
Gahan RZResistance - Rizomania Energy very high Proven and stable Higher crown habit Suitable for early sowing Good establishment
Clemens (primed seed) RZResistance - Rizomania Energy very high Suitable for early sowing Excellent establishment Highly stable under stress: CR, drought and VY

Sweet and a high yield potential - sugar beets by Strube

Strube Breeding: Sugar beet cuttings germinate in a test tube

Our breeding work: high quality, healthy and high yielding varieties

We focus our breeding on characteristics, that allow the growers an economic sugarbeet cultivation. These characteristics include resistances as well as sugar content.

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Strube’s high quality standards: The best is only just good enough for us

Up to 3.000t of sugar beet seeds are conditioned annually at Strube. We focus on high quality standards and select exactly the seed that meets our requirements.

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