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

Carter, J.N. (1982) Effect of Nitrogen and Irrigation Levels, Location and Year on Sucrose Concentration of Sugarbeets in Southern Idaho. Journal of the American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists. 21(3):286-306.

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Abstract

Sucrose concentration of sugarbeets (Beta vulgaris L.)
grown in the U.S. varies over a wide range of 10 to 20 percent.
Within a climatic zone such as southern Idaho, sucrose concentration varies over a narrower
but still wide range of 14 to 20 percent. This variation in
sucrose concentration is due to
many factors that include variety (19, 24, 26), nitrogen (N)
level (18, 23), growth patterns of the crop (3, 16, 25, 29),
climatic conditions (1, 22, 28), and other factors that are not
fully understood. Refined sucrose production is based on the
product of root yield and extractable sucrose concentration.
Therefore, it is of prime importance to have practices and conditions
that provide adequate root growth while maintaining sufficiently
high sucrose percentages and purity for profitable sucrose
extraction and yield.

Item Type:	Article
NWISRL Publication Number:	0506
Subjects:	Irrigated crops > Sugarbeet Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
Depositing User:	Dan Stieneke
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2010 21:52
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2017 16:47
Item ID:	401
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/401