TY - SER AU - Gomaa,Reda A. AU - El- Syiad,Samy I. AU - El- Rify,MohamedN. AU - Hafez,SaebA. TI - Effect of some chemical treatments on the quality and storability of sugar beet roots after harvest KW - Sugar beet KW - Roots KW - Storage N1 - Includes reference N2 - This investigation was car- ried out to study the chemical and technological changes of sugar beet roots during storage in open air after different chemical treat- ments(calciumhydroxide, sodium metabisulfite and sulfur dioxide). Samples of sugar beet roots were taken from the research fields of Delta sugar company, Kafr EL- sheikh Governorate, Egypt during 2010 harvest season. The results revealed that the roots treated with Na2S205 recorded the high- est values of roots quality, and sucrose recovery UR - http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2012/AJAS/4312/2si/45.pdf ER -