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A comparison of methods of growing sugar-beet seed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. Hull  and
R. K. Scott
R. Hull
Affiliation:
Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
R. K. Scott
Affiliation:
Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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Summary

Two experiments with sugar-beet seed crops at Dunholme Field Station Lincolnshire,1955–7, one at Broom's Barn, Suffolk, 1963–4, and two in Bedfordshire 1965–7, compared transplanting with various direct.drilling techniques. The early experiments were made with multigerm varieties and the 1965–7 experiments with genetic monogerm varieties.

At Dunholme direct drilling under a barley cover crop controlled virus yellows and yielded more multigerm seed suitable for processing than did transplanting. In later experiments transplanting gave variable yields; pests damaged plots transplanted in autumn and those transplanted in spring were susceptible to drought. Many transplants lodged and ripened late and direct drillings produced seed that germinated better.

Direct drilling during July with no cover crop consistently yielded better than undersowing or open drilling in August. To establish a regular, dense stand of plants, which is essential for large yields of seed of good germination was more difficult with than without cover crops. The time the cover crop was removed did not consistently affect yield. Crops sown in summer without cover yield most seed but are most susceptible to disease and are unsuitable for areas with a disease risk.

Type
Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 109 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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