Experimental sugar beet grown in Co Cork

Stephen Cadogan The results of large-scale sugar beet experimental field trials conducted in Cork will help determine if the crop can be revived in Ireland.

The results of large-scale sugar beet experimental field trials conducted in Cork will help determine if the crop can be revived in Ireland.

Plant biotechnologists at NUI Galway have used the trial results to make progress towards more sustainable sugar beet crops, for production of bio-based products from sugars that can displace fossil-fuel derived products.