Interseeding cover crops in sugar beet

Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) production leaves very little residue to protect the soil from erosion during late fall and early spring. Biomass interseeded cover crops provides an opportunity soils fallow period. A three-year field study was conducted assess crop interseeding in sugar systems under rainfed conditions Ada, MN, USA. Specifically, impact of time, (mid-June) vs. (late June or July), four species, winter pea (Pisum sativum L.), rye (Secale cereale camelina [Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz], brown mustard (Brassica juncea on biomass root yield, sucrose concentration, recoverable yield. Cover accumulation varied across years depending distribution rainfall after interseeding. Considering all three years, above ground ranged between 28 kg ha?1 2347 at harvest. Early produced threefold greater than crops. Across mean aboveground by species highest lowest, > camelina. The yield observed with early-interseeded (13.8 Mg ha-1), late-interseeded (11.2 (10.46 ha-1) 2018, 2019, 2020 growing seasons, respectively. Three results have shown that grown will produce yields comparable control no had negative but selection planting time affected growth provided This evidence offer a good option for protecting periods systems, without negatively affecting quality.