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The growth of sugar beet under different water regimes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

P. C. Owen
P. C. Owen
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts
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In a small plot experiment in which the crop was protected from rain, the application of large amounts of water to keep the soil water stress to a minimum gave very large crop yields. One-fifth of this amount of water gave 80% of the maximum yield. Small, frequent applications of water appeared to give higher yields than the same amount of water in one large application. Yield differences were due to differences in leaf areas rather than to differences in net assimilation rates.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 51 , Issue 2 , October 1958 , pp. 133 - 136
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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