FACTORS AFFECTING THE GERMINATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MONOGERM SUGAR BEET
2.4
Factors affecting the establishment of
beet
2.4.1 Introduction
Regular sugar beet stands used to be achieved by sowing seed at a high rate and subsequently hand hoeing unwanted plants after emergence. However, now that monogerm seed, precision drills and suitable herbicides have been introduced, regular stands can be achieved without handwork. Nevertheless, modern methods of establishment are not always completely successful as Bray (1980) has shown. Nearly half the area "drilled to a stand" receives at least a small amount of handwork.
The main reason for this is that sugar beet field emergence is difficult to predict even when laboratory germination is known. This section discusses the factors affecting emergence but firstly optimum or target populations are considered.
FACTORS AFFECTING THE GERMINATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MONOGERM SUGAR BEET
[Introduction & Contents] [Chapter One] [Chapter Two] [Chapter Three] [Chapter Four] [Chapter Five] [Chapter Six] [Chapter Seven]
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