甜菜和甘蔗同属两大糖料作物。过去甜菜多产于高纬冷凉的北方,如苏联、东欧及西欧的一些国家。二次世界大战后,美国、意大利、地中海沿岸国家,南美、日本等温暖地区也开始发展甜菜生产,巴基斯坦、印度也开始大规模扩种。由此可见,国外目前甜菜生产正逐步地向暖地发展。 Beets and sugar cane belong to the two major sugar crops. In the past, sugar beet was prolific in the cold north of the high latitudes, as in some countries of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Western Europe. After the Second World War, the United States, Italy, the Mediterranean countries, South America, Japan and other warm areas also began to develop sugar beet production, Pakistan, India also began a large-scale expansion. Thus, the current foreign beet production is gradually warm to the development.