introduction crop productivity is highly constrained by water and nitrogen limitations in many areas of the world (kalra et al., 2007). therefore, there is a need to investigate more on nitrogen and water management to achieve higher production as well as quality. irrigated sugar beet in the cropping systems of khorasan province in northeastern of iran accounts for about 34% of the land area un...

in order to study the effect of irrigation water salinity on quality and quantity of sugar beet (beta vulgaris) at four growth stages, an experiment was conducted in rudasht salinity and drainage research center from 2004-2006. in this experiment, 11 different water salinity treatments and three sugar beet cultivars (ic, 7233 & 7233-p29*msc2) were considered using split plot design based on ran...

AIM The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of sugar beet tubers as a replacer to green fodder on production performance and economics of lactating Surti buffaloes. MATERIALS AND METHODS This trial was conducted at the Livestock Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari. Twenty lactating Surti buffaloes in a changeover experimental design were selected to asse...

kochia is one of those plants which have capability to grow in different environments and can be used as a valuable plant to produce biomass and seed. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the possibility of kochia planting in different dates as well as its resistance to cold weather of mashhad winter. seven sowing dates including 10th october, november, march, april, may, june and july and...

Introduction Species of the genus Beta are recognized as sources of various viruses. A con­ siderable number o f viruses have been isolated from the species Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera (sugar beet) (Sutic et al. 1999). One of the viruses occurring in this plant all over the world is beet mosaic potyvirus (BtMV). This virus belongs to Potyviridae, a taxonomic family of easily aphid-transmitt...

in this research, the effect of crops such as corn, wheat, sugar beet and clover as previous crop on incidence of leaf and crown wart disease of sugar beet was studied. in the first year, corn, wheat, clover and sugar beet were planted as previous crop in a randomized complete block design with four replications. the amounts of turnover of nitrogen to the soil due to crop residue and their effe...