Effect of deficit irrigation timing on sugarbeet

Tarkalson, D.D. and King, B.A. (2017) Effect of deficit irrigation timing on sugarbeet. Agronomy Journal. 109(5). 13 July 2017.

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Abstract

Increased water demands and drought have resulted in a need
to determine the impact of deficit water management in irrigated sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) production. This study was conducted over 3 yr at USDA-ARS in Kimberly, ID, on a Portneuf silt loam soil. Eight irrigation treatments consisted of crop evapotranspiration (ETc) rates combined with application timing. Treatments were: W1 Even: approximately (≈) 100% ETc evenly throughout the growing season; W2 Even: ≈65% crop evapotranspiration; W2 Early: ≈100% ETc early in season, ≈55% ETc the remainder of the season; W2 Late: rain-fed from emergence to end of July, ≈100% ETc the remainder of the season; W3 Even: ≈40% ETc; W3 Early: ≈100% ETc early in season, ≈25% the remainder of the season; W3 Late: rain-fed through mid-August, ≈100% ETc the remainder of the season, and rain-fed: no post emergence irrigation. Results showed that within deficit irrigation treatments, higher yields were obtained when water was applied evenly throughout the season (Even) or ≈100% of ETc was applied early with deficit irrigation later in the season (Early). Thus, the W2 Even and W2 Early treatments had 31.6, 32.9, and 28.2% greater estimated recoverable sucrose (ERS) yields compared to the W2 Late treatment in 2011, 2012, and 2016, respectively. Across all years, ERS yields increased at rates ranging from 17.3 to 22.0 kg ha–1 mm–1 actual crop water evapotranspiration (ETa). Generally, sugarbeet with greater water stress early in the season followed by ≈100% ETc later had lower yields and sucrose content (late treatments).

Item Type:	Article
NWISRL Publication Number:	1597
Subjects:	Irrigation > Irrigation control Irrigation > Irrigation scheduling Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet
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Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2017 22:46
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2017 22:46
Item ID:	1639
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/1639