Haifa's Poly Sugar-Beet enhanced the vegetative development of the plants and resulted in higher root yield
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Crop/cultivar |
Sugar-beet / RMS-73 |
|---|---|
| Country / location |
Russia, SPK “Rassvet”, Gorshechenskij region, Kursk area TSCHR. / Summer 2005 |
| Objectives | Increase total yield and sugar yield |
| Haifa product tested | Poly-sugar-beet (15-7-30 + 2MgO + Trace Elements) |
| Application method | Foliar nutrition |
| Tested treatment | Sugar-beet / RMS-73 Two foliar sprays of 5 kg/ha, each: 1st at 2-3 pair of leaves; 2nd in mid June. |
| Control treatment results | 4.91 mt/ha |
| Best treatment results | 6.16 mt/ha |
| Conclusions | Poly sugar-beet enhanced the vegetative development of the plants and resulted in higher root yield, higher sugar percentage, and consequently, higher sugar yield. The treatment also considerably reduced the incidence of leaf diseases Cercospora and Peronospora |
| Reference | Dr. A. Zarishnyak & Mr. N.V. Roik– Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Sugarbeet |
