The sugar beet hybrid «Shiany» is a mid-season variety with high yield and sugar content potential. The plant is of medium height with a strong leaf plate that has medium glossiness and wrinkling. The root crop has a widely conical shape and medium soil immersion, which ensures easy harvesting and high technology for processing. The vegetation period is about 150 days, and the harvest period is average.
«Shiany» is characterized by high yield, reaching an average of 85 tons per hectare, with maximum indicators up to 75 tons per hectare in favorable conditions. Sugar content in root crops is about 19.5%, which ensures high sugar output — up to 16.6 tons per hectare. The hybrid demonstrates high resistance to root rots and medium resistance to diseases such as Cercosporosis, Ramulariopsis, and powdery mildew. In addition, the variety has high drought and osmotic stress resistance, making it a reliable choice for cultivation in the Middle Volga region.
A feature of the hybrid is high juice purity and a healthy leaf apparatus, which contributes to excellent storage stability of root crops and improves the quality of raw materials for processing. Due to its technological shape and resistance to adverse environmental factors, «Shiany» is an effective and promising sugar beet variety for agricultural production.
