Response of high-yielding sugar beet varieties to fertilization with potassium, sodium and magnesium
Przemysław Barłóg
agro@up.poznan.plKatedra Chemii Rolnej, Akademia Rolnicza w Poznaniu (Poland)
Witold Grzebisz
Katedra Chemii Rolnej, Akademia Rolnicza w Poznaniu (Poland)
Dariusz Górski
Katedra Chemii Rolnej, Akademia Rolnicza w Poznaniu (Poland)
Renata Gaj
Katedra Chemii Rolnej, Akademia Rolnicza w Poznaniu (Poland)
Abstract
The objective of the study was to assess the effect of potassium, sodium and magnesium fertilization (K, K + Na + 1 Mg, K + Na + 2 Mg) on root yield, quality parameters and uptake of macronutrients by two sugar beet varieties (Fontana, Marathon). The experiment was carried out in the years 1998–2000. Potassium rate, irrespective of the fertilization variants, amounted to 140 kg K2O/ha. In two fertilization treatments sodium and magnesium were applied additionally: 10,5 kg Na + 21 kg MgO (K + Na + 1 Mg) and 10,5 kg Na + 48 kg MgO (K + Na + 2 Mg)ha-1. Root and sugar yields were not significantly affected by the tested varieties. In the year characterized by optimal weather conditions, higher yields were harvested from the plots fertilized only with K. In the years with less favourable growth conditions, higher yields were obtained from the plots fertilized with K together with Na and Mg. Recoverable sugar yield depended mainly on roots biomass, and less so, on polarimetric sugar content. Nitrogen taken up by the final yield influenced significantly yields of recoverable sugar.
Keywords:
sugar beet, potassium, sodium and magnesium fertilization, root and sugar yield, macronutriens uptake, varietiesReferences
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Przemysław Barłógagro@up.poznan.pl
Katedra Chemii Rolnej, Akademia Rolnicza w Poznaniu Poland
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Witold GrzebiszKatedra Chemii Rolnej, Akademia Rolnicza w Poznaniu Poland
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Dariusz GórskiKatedra Chemii Rolnej, Akademia Rolnicza w Poznaniu Poland
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Renata GajKatedra Chemii Rolnej, Akademia Rolnicza w Poznaniu Poland
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