Claim · model-written summary
Sowing sugar beet earlier on 15 September, sprayed with 20% methanol and 1.0 g boric acid per litre, is recommended to reach the highest root and sugar yields and the best juice quality.
- Taxon
- sugar beet
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgarise6 - Treatment
- sprayed with 20% methanol and 1.0 g boric acid/le6
- Outcome
- root and sugar yields/fed as well as the best juice quality characteristicse6
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Verbatim
e6“Based upon the obtained results, sowing sugar beet earlier on the 15th of September, sprayed with 20% methanol and 1.0 g boric acid/l can be recommended to attain the highest root and sugar yields/fed as well as the best juice quality characteristics under conditions of the present work.”
Title
IMPROVEMENT OF YIELD AND QUALITY OF SUGAR BEET SOWN AT TWO DATES BY METHANOL AND BORON APPLICATION
B.S.I. Makhlouf; Soha R. Khalil Menoufia Journal of Plant Production 2017. doi:10.21608/mjppf.2017.176180
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Intervention effect Sugar beet sown on 15 September had greater root length, root diameter and fresh weight per plant than sugar beet sown on 15 October.
- Intervention effect Sugar beet sown on 15 September had greater LAI, NAR and photosynthetic pigments than sugar beet sown on 15 October.
- Intervention effect Sugar beet sown on 15 September had greater polyphenol, sucrose, extractable sugar and purity than sugar beet sown on 15 October.
- Intervention effect Sugar beet sown on 15 September had greater top, root and sugar yields per feddan than sugar beet sown on 15 October.
- Intervention effect Sugar beet sown on 15 September had lower Na, K and α-amino nitrogen than sugar beet sown on 15 October.
- Intervention effect Sugar beet sown on 15 September had lower fiber and sugar lost to molasses than sugar beet sown on 15 October.
- Intervention effect Foliar methanol at 20% and/or boron at 1.0 g boric acid/l significantly increased root length, root diameter and fresh weight per plant.
- Intervention effect Foliar methanol at 20% and/or boron at 1.0 g boric acid/l significantly increased LAI, NAR and photosynthetic pigments.
- Intervention effect Foliar methanol at 20% and/or boron at 1.0 g boric acid/l significantly increased polyphenol, sucrose, ES and purity.
- Intervention effect Foliar methanol at 20% and/or boron at 1.0 g boric acid/l significantly increased top, root and sugar yields per feddan.
- Intervention effect Foliar methanol at 20% and/or boron at 1.0 g boric acid/l significantly decreased Na, K and α-amino N contents in both seasons.
- Intervention effect Foliar methanol at 20% and/or boron at 1.0 g boric acid/l significantly decreased fiber and SLM in both seasons.
- Intervention effect Sowing on 15 September with the higher methanol concentrations (10 and 20%) gave the highest root length, LAI, NAR, chlorophyll a, carotenoids and top and root yields compared with sowing on 15 October, in both seasons.
- Intervention effect Sowing on 15 September with methanol at 10 and 20% gave the highest root fresh weight per plant and chlorophyll b in the 1st season only.
- Intervention effect Sowing on 15 September with methanol at 10 and 20% gave the highest sucrose, ES and sugar yield in the 2nd season.
- Intervention effect The interaction of sowing date and boron significantly affected SLM, purity, Na content and root yield in the 1st season.
- Intervention effect The interaction of sowing date and boron significantly affected root length, root fresh weight, chlorophyll a, fiber, α-amino N and top yield in the 2nd season.
- Intervention effect The interaction of methanol and boron levels significantly influenced purity, LAI, NAR and polyphenol in the 1st season.
- Intervention effect The interaction of methanol and boron levels significantly influenced chlorophyll b, Na and K contents in both seasons.