FACTORS AFFECTING THE GERMINATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MONOGERM SUGAR BEET
2.4.3 Cultivation and seed bed preparations
Cultivation for sugar beet should make the best use of the available environmental conditions over the preceding Autumn and Winter. The following practices should ensure a reasonable quality seed bed in the Spring.
1) Plough early with a reversible plough to gain the benefits of an even surface for an even depth of weathering, and as long a weathering period as possible.
2) Use as few passes as necessary with wide wheel extensions, to minimise excessive consolidation. Use wide implements and tandem arrangements.
3) After weathering use shallow cultivations only to avoid bringing clodding unweathered material up into the seed bed.
4) Form a coarse tilth below the surface for drainage but a finer tilth on the surface for water conservation.
5) A level seed-bed should be achieved by use of straight and rolling tined harrows or power harrows, so that precision drills can be used and drilling depth controlled (Spoor 1978, Clare 1976 and Rose 1972).
FACTORS AFFECTING THE GERMINATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MONOGERM SUGAR BEET
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