CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON SUGAR BEET PRODUCTION IN SERBIA

Climate changes and ecological sustainability in agriculture and food production in Serbia, the region and Southeastern Europe : proceedings, (pp. 227-233)

AUTHOR(S) / АУТОР(И): Anja Milosavljević1, Zlatko Miličević1, Saša Rajačić1, Nenad Trkulja2

1Research and Development Center, Sunoko, Indjija, Serbia, 2Institute for Plant Protection and Environment, Department of Plant Diseases, Belgrade, Serbia

 

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DOI: 10.46793/MAK2025.227M

ABSTRACT / САЖЕТАК:

Climate change has been one of the biggest problems in agriculture production worldwide. High temperatures and low precipitation had led to devastating losses and have been one of the biggest contributors in appearance of some of plant diseases and pests that transmit some of pathogens. Temperatures rise in last year has been in great disproportion in comparison with multiyear average temperatures for each region where sugar beet has been grown with deviations of almost 5 °C in some months. Precipitation was very low, during months when sugar beet needed it the most it was the lowest. Following high temperatures and low precipitation we had some shift in plant pathogens and pest appearances which led to development of certain diseases caused by Aphids and Cixiids. Impact on sugar beet production is extreme not only in yield losses but in sugar content and quality. This led to big problems in factories since more complex processes had to be used in order to get sugar. Those factors have a huge impact but are very unpredictable, varying from year to year, and need to be addressed in order to stabilize sugar beet production.

KEYWORDS / КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ:

Sugar beet, Climate change, Plant disease, Plant pests, Serbia

ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

The research presented in this article is part of Contracts No. 451-03-66/2024-03/200010 financially supported by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia.

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