Abstract
Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) is an industrial crop, grown worldwide for sugar production. In Pakistan, sugar is mostly extracted from sugarcane, soil and environmental conditions are equally favorable for sugar beet cultivation. Beet sugar contents are higher than sugarcane sugar contents, which can be further increased by potassium (K) fertilization. Total K concentration is higher in Pakistani soils developed from mica minerals, but it does not represent plant available K for sustainable plant growth. A pot experiment was conducted in the wire-house of Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences at University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. K treatments were the following: no K (K0), K application at 148 kg ha−1 (K1) and 296 kg ha−1 (K2). Irrigation levels were used as water sufficient at 60% water holding capacity and water deficient at 40% water holding capacity. The growth, yield and beet quality data were analyzed statistically using LSD. The results revealed that increase in the level of K fertilization at water sufficient level significantly increased plant growth, beet yield and industrial beet sugar content. The response of K fertilization under water deficient condition was also similar, however overall sugar production was less than that in water sufficient conditions. It is concluded from this study that K application could be used not only to enhance plant growth and beet yield but also enhance beet sugar content both under water-deficient as well as water-sufficient conditions.
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Claim · model-written summary
More potassium fertilizer significantly increased sugar-beet plant growth under sufficient water.
- Taxon
- Sugar beet
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0 - Treatment
- K fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- water sufficient levele0
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e0“increase in the level of K fertilization at water sufficient level significantly increased plant growth, beet yield and industrial beet sugar content.”
t0“Sugar beet yield”
Claim · model-written summary
More potassium fertilizer significantly increased beet yield under sufficient water.
- Taxon
- Sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Treatment
- K fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- beet yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- water sufficient levele0
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e0“increase in the level of K fertilization at water sufficient level significantly increased plant growth, beet yield and industrial beet sugar content.”
t0“Sugar beet yield”
Claim · model-written summary
More potassium fertilizer significantly increased industrial beet sugar content under sufficient water.
- Taxon
- Sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Treatment
- K fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- industrial beet sugar contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- water sufficient levele0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“increase in the level of K fertilization at water sufficient level significantly increased plant growth, beet yield and industrial beet sugar content.”
t0“Sugar beet yield”
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Potassium fertilization gave a similar positive response under deficient water.
- Taxon
- Sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Treatment
- K fertilizatione0
- Outcome
- response of K fertilizatione0
- Direction
- similare0
- Qualifier
- water deficient conditione0
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e0“The response of K fertilization under water deficient condition was also similar”
t0“Sugar beet yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Overall sugar production was lower under deficient than sufficient water.
- Taxon
- Sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Treatment
- water deficient conditione0
- Outcome
- overall sugar productione0
- Direction
- less thane0
- Comparator
- water sufficient conditionse0
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e0“The response of K fertilization under water deficient condition was also similar, however overall sugar production was less than that in water sufficient conditions.”
t0“Sugar beet yield”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude potassium can enhance sugar-beet growth, yield and sugar content under both moisture levels.
- Taxon
- Sugar beetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgarist0
- Outcome
- K application could be used not only to enhance plant growth and beet yield but also enhance beet sugar contente0
- Qualifier
- both under water-deficient as well as water-sufficient conditionse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“K application could be used not only to enhance plant growth and beet yield but also enhance beet sugar content both under water-deficient as well as water-sufficient conditions.”
t0“Sugar beet yield”
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