EJPAU 2009. Szmigiel A. , Kołodziejczyk M. EFFECT OF THE SOWING DIRECTION ON THE YIELDING OF SUGAR AND FODDER BEET

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2009
Volume 12
Issue 2

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Szmigiel A. , Kołodziejczyk M. 2009. EFFECT OF THE SOWING DIRECTION ON THE YIELDING OF SUGAR AND FODDER BEET, EJPAU 12(2), #03.
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EFFECT OF THE SOWING DIRECTION ON THE YIELDING OF SUGAR AND FODDER BEET

Aleksander Szmigiel, Marek Kołodziejczyk
Department of Plant Production, Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland

ABSTRACT

The paper presents the results of field studies conducted
over 2001-2003 at the Experimental Unit located at Prusy near Krakow to determine
the effect of the sowing direction on yielding of sugar and fodder beet and the
contents of dry matter, sugar and protein in roots. The experiment was set up
on a degraded chernozem developed from loess and classified as very good wheat
complex. The factors investigated comprised sowing directions (north-south and
east-west) and beet root cultivars: Arosa and Vectra (sugar beet) and Goliat
and Krakus (fodder beet). The average root yield of the sugar beet cultivars
studied was 77 t per ha, whereas fodder beet – 105 t per ha. The investigations
revealed no significant effect of the sowing direction on the beet root yield.
However, such relationship was registered for the yield of leaves and the contents
of dry matter and sugar in roots. A bigger yield of leaves, by an average of
4.7% and higher concentrations of dry matter and sugar in roots, by 0.8 and 1.0%,
respectively, were registered when sowing was performed in the north-southern
direction. The average content of dry matter in sugar beet roots was 23% and
sugar 17.8%, whereas for fodder beets – 13.9% and 10.6%, respectively.

Key words: sugar beet, fodder beet, sowing direction, root yield, sugar content .

Aleksander Szmigiel
Department of Plant Production,
Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland
Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
email: rkszur@ar.krakow.pl

Marek Kołodziejczyk
Department of Plant Production,
Agricultural University of Cracow, Poland
Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
email: mkolodziejczyk@ar.krakow.pl

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