Claim · model-written summary
Sowing on 1 October significantly increased root diameter and fresh weight compared with later dates.
- Taxon
- SUGAR BEET
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0 - Treatment
- 1st Octobere0
- Outcome
- root diameter, root fresh weight/plante0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- 15th October and 1st Novembere0
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Verbatim
e0“early sowing dates at 1st October significantly increased root diameter, root fresh weight/plant, as well as, root and sugar yields/fed, while, mineral contents SO4% and N% were significantly decreased as compared with the other two sowing dates 15th October and 1st November.”
t0“SUGAR BEET”
Title
A. Osman Journal of Plant Production 2011. doi:10.21608/jpp.2011.85647
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect Sowing on 1 October significantly increased root and sugar yield per feddan.
- Intervention effect Sowing on 1 October significantly decreased sulphate and nitrogen percentages compared with later dates.
- Intervention effect Sowing on 15 October gave the highest sugar percentage in both seasons.
- Intervention effect Sulphur at 250 kg CaSO4/fed significantly increased root diameter and fresh weight compared with lower rates.
- Intervention effect Sulphur at 250 kg CaSO4/fed significantly increased sucrose percentage compared with lower rates.
- Intervention effect Sulphur at 250 kg CaSO4/fed significantly increased root and sugar yields compared with lower rates.
- Intervention effect Sulphur at 250 kg CaSO4/fed increased sulphate and nitrogen percentages compared with lower rates.
- Intervention effect The combination of 1 October sowing and 250 kg CaSO4/fed significantly increased sucrose percentage and root and sugar yields.