Claim · model-written summary
In four trials with 78 to 90% establishment, root and sugar yield and sugar concentration were not significantly affected by plant population density.
- Taxon
- sugar-beet
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0 - Treatment
- plant population densitye0
- Outcome
- yield (root, sugar) and sugar concentratione0
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
t0“sugar-beet”
e0“In four of these trials, plant establishment was 78 to 90% and yield (root, sugar) and sugar concentration were not significantly affected by the plant population density achieved”
Title
Plant populations and row widths for diploid sugar-beet cultivars
B. Rice Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research 2002
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect In the one trial with 58% establishment, yield and sugar concentration continued to increase up to the highest density of 65 000 plants/ha.
- Intervention effect There were no yield or quality differences between 51-cm and 56-cm rows.
- Intervention effect On average, 61-cm rows reduced extractable sugar yield by 3.5%, highly significant in one experiment.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that no change to target plant populations is required in Ireland.
- Recommendation For growers using 61-cm rows, a small yield increase may be achieved by reducing row width.