Effects of Nitrogen and Irrigation Levels, Location and Year on Sucrose Concentration of Sugarbeets in Southern Idaho

Carter, J.N.

doi:10.5274/jsbr.21.3.286

Cited by 8 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 15 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Discontinuing irrigation had no effect on recoverable sucrose for any harvest. Consistent with observations in Idaho, there was little if any effect on recoverable sucrose when irrigation was discontinued 1 August after the soil profile was filled with water (Carter, 1982;Carter et ai., 1980). Lower rates of N consistently produced greater sucrose content and lower brei impurities and sucrose loss to molasses than high rates of N, but root yield was also usually lower (Tables 6 and 7).…”

supporting

confidence: 72%

“…Discontinuing irrigation five to seven weeks prior to harvest resulted in lower root yields and higher sucrose content than irrigation until three weeks prior to harvest (Howell et aI., 1987;Davidoff and Hanks, 1989). These responses to soil water deficits result from dehydration of the beet roots and do not increase sucrose yield (Carter, 1982;Miller and Hang, 1980). However, Winter (1990) demonstrated the potential for serious impurity problems with reduc ed irrigation, because of increased sucrose loss to molasses.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Early Harvest of Sugarbeet: Yield and Quality Response to Irrigation, Cultival and Nitrogen

Lauer¹

1994

JSBR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A recent significant change in the sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) industry has been the adoption of an early harvest option in the grower-processor contract which allows harvest and delivery of sugar beets 30 days earlier than normal. This lengthens the harvesting period from 30 to 60 days or more. Management adjustments may be necessary for early harvested fields. The objectives of this study were: 1) to describe sugar beet yield and quality response to harvest date, and 2) to determine optimum management strategies for early versus normal harvest, with emphasis on irrigation, cultivar selection, and N rate. From 1986 to 1988, a total of three cultivars were established in experiments conducted at Powell, WY. Irrigation was either normally applied or discontinued four to six weeks prior to harvest. Ammonium nitrate was applied at rates ranging from 0 to 336 kg N ha-I. Harvests were at 4 to 15 d intervals beginning 4 September and ending 19 October. Discontinuing irrigation increased sucrose content from 174 to 183 g kg-I, but did not significantly affect root yield or recoverable sucrose. Significant irrigation treatment X harvest date interactions were observed for some sugar beet yield and quality traits during early harvest, but when all treatments were irrigated immediately prior to the last harvest date, no differences were observed between irrigation treatments for any trait. Depending upon location and year, cultivar differences were observed for yield and quality traits. Root yield increased with later harvest date 0.363 Mg ha-I d-), sucrose content increased 8.94 g kg-I d-\ and brei impurities and sucrose loss to molasses decreased thereby improving quality. Under the management conditions of this study, few interactions with harvest date were observed. Management adjustments involving irrigation, cultivar, and nitrogen may not be necessary for early versus late harvested fields.

show abstract

supporting

confidence: 72%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Early Harvest of Sugarbeet: Yield and Quality Response to Irrigation, Cultival and Nitrogen

Lauer¹

1994

JSBR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In addition, as competition increases for cropland in the region, farmers who rent acreage can expand the pool of land available to them if they are willing to utilize manured ground. This is particularly important for sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) growers because yield and beet quality parameters, sugar, and brei nitrate concentration are sensitive to both insufficient N [3,4] and excess soil N [5,6]. In addition, sugarbeet tends to incorporate soil residual N preferentially over fertilizer N, that is, sugarbeet will utilize more soil residual N and less applied fertilizer N than corn or tomato crops [7].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nitrogen Availability and Uptake by Sugarbeet in Years Following a Manure Application

Lentz

Lehrsch

2012

International Journal of Agronomy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The use of solid dairy manure for sugarbeet production is problematic because beet yield and quality are sensitive to deficiencies or excesses in soil N, and soil N availability from manure varies substantially depending on the year of application. Experimental treatments included combinations of two manure rates (0.33 and 0.97 Mg total N ha−1) and three application times, and non-manure treatments (control and urea fertilizer). We measured soil net N mineralization and biomass, N uptake, and yields for sprinkler-irrigated sugarbeet. On average, the 1-year-old, low-rate manure, and 1- and 2-year-old, high-rate manure treatments produced 1.2-fold greater yields, 1.1-fold greater estimated recoverable sugar, and 1.5-fold greater gross margins than that of fertilizer alone. As a group the 1-year-old, low-rate manure, and 2- and 3-year-old, high-rate-manure treatments produced similar cumulative net N mineralization as urea fertilizer; whereas the 1-year-old, high-rate manure treatment provided nearly 1.5-fold more N than either group. With appropriate manure application rates and attention to residual N and timing of sugarbeet planting, growers can best exploit the N mineralized from manure, while simultaneously maximizing sugar yields and profits.

show abstract

“…Vomucka and Pospisilvoa (2003) reported that water use efficiency in plants under low stress was more than 80%, in mild-stress, 65 to 80% and in very severe stress below 65%. Carter (1982) expressed that increased N amount to certain and optimum level, increased root yield, although net and gross sugar amount decreased with increasing N before root yield reaches to its maximum level. High amount of N increased sodium, potassium and amino N concentrations in root.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of the Effects of Water Stress and Different Levels of Nitrogen on Sugar Beet (Beta Vulgaris)

Esmaeili¹,

Yasari²

2011

IJB

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In order to investigate the effects of water stress and different levels of N fertilizer on yield and water use
efficiency in sugar beet (Var. BP) a split plots based on randomized complete block design was carried out with
4 replications in Khorasan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center (KANRC) during cropping
season in 2006. Water treatments comprising three levels including control (without water stress), initial water
stress and continuous water stress as main plots and different amounts of N fertilizer in 4 levels vis: control (0),
50, 100 and 150 Kg net N. ha-1 as sub plots were assessed. Analysis of variation showed that effects of water
treatments on root yield and gross sugar content was significant (at 1% level). Different levels of N also have
significant effect on root yield, net and gross sugar percent at 1% level while didn't influence net sugar yield
significantly. Interaction of water and N wasn’t significant for all the traits. Water use efficiency for root
(WUEr) and for sugar (WUEs) were significant in irrigation amounts (P< 0.05) However, results showed that
increased root yield under no water stress conditions with increased N amount was much more than it in water
stress conditions. In terms of root yield, no water stress treatment using 150 Kg Net N.ha-1 had the highest yield.
But water stress treatment particularly constant water stress, caused the maximum water use efficiency.

show abstract

Effects of Nitrogen and Irrigation Levels, Location and Year on Sucrose Concentration of Sugarbeets in Southern Idaho

Cited by 8 publications

References 15 publications

Early Harvest of Sugarbeet: Yield and Quality Response to Irrigation, Cultival and Nitrogen

Early Harvest of Sugarbeet: Yield and Quality Response to Irrigation, Cultival and Nitrogen

Nitrogen Availability and Uptake by Sugarbeet in Years Following a Manure Application

Evaluation of the Effects of Water Stress and Different Levels of Nitrogen on Sugar Beet (Beta Vulgaris)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About