Oakes Irrigation Research Site
Carrington Research Extension Center * North Dakota State University
P.O. Box 531, Oakes, ND 58474-0531, Phone: (701) 742-2744, FAX: (701) 742-2700, E-mail:				Walter.Albus@ndsu.edu
Table 1. Sugar content, root yield and overall sugar yield of energy beet varieties grown at the Oakes Irrigation Field trials, Syngenta seed company collaborator  in 2011.
Variety Entry ID	Sugar Content	Root Yield	Sugar Yield
	%	tons/acre	lbs/acre
1	17.1	32.8	11,232
2	17.5	33.6	11,751
3	17.7	36.5	12,886
4	17.1	38.9	13,326
5	16.3	40.5	13,179
6	16.8	37.1	12,493
7	16.9	34.4	11,643
8	17.0	28.9	9,842
9	17.5	32.7	11,448
10	17.7	29.8	10,545
11	16.5	33.3	10,965
12	15.9	31.2	9,889
13	17.0	34.6	11,775
14	16.9	33.3	11,299
15	16.4	37.1	12,195
16	16.9	32.0	10,813
MEAN	16.9	34.5	11,705
C.V. %	2	11.7	12
LSD .05	0.5	NS	NS
**Root yield, Pr > F = 0.0573; LSD.10 = 4.8 tons acre-1.
**Sugar yield, Pr > F = 0.0549; LSD.10 = 1,635 lbs acre-1.
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