RESPONSE OF SOME SUGAR BEET VARIETIES TO FOLIAR SPRAY WITH COMPOST TEA UNDER NEWLY RECLAIMED SOILS. | ||||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2012, Page 99-105 PDF (271.54 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2012.194682 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M.S.M. Aly; S.R.E. El-Sheikh; M. M. Abd El-Rahman | ||||
| Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Two field experiments were carried out in a sandy soil at ElQureen, Sharkia Governorate Egypt during 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 seasons to study the response of some multigerm sugar beet varieties i.e., Top, Sultan and Kawemira to foliar spray at 60 and 75 days from sowing with three levels of compost tea (0.0, 1.5 and 2 L/fed/300 L water). The experimental treatments were allocated in a split plot manner with four replications. The obtained results showed that foliar spraying with compost tea at the level of 2.0 L/fed significantly increased root length, diameter, fresh weight/plant, sucrose%, purity%, root and sugar yields/fed in both seasons. While, it decreased root mineral contents (N, Na and K%) as compared with zero treatment (control) or 1.5 L/fed level of compost tea. Sugar beet varieties significantly differed for root length, diameter, fresh weight/plant, sucrose%, purity% and root and sugar yields/fed, root mineral contents. Kawemira variety surpassed the other two varieties Sultan and Top in most studied traits in both seasons. The interaction between foliar spraying with compost tea the at level of 2.0 L/fed and Kawemira variety recorded the highest values for sucrose%, root and sugar yields/fed in both seasons. Generally, it could be recommended that sown Kawemira, Sultan and Top < br />varieties, respectively, sprayed with 2.0 L/fed compost tea to obtain the highest sucrose%, root and sugar yields/fed and yield quality in a sandy soil at El-Qureen, Sharkia Governorate. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Sugar beet varieties; Foliar spray; Compost tea and Newly reclaimed soils | ||||
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