| 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: | Blaine.Schatz@ndsu.edu | ||||||||
| Leonard.Besemann@ndsu.edu | |||||||||
| Sugarbeet Variety Trial | |||||||||
| L. Besemann and H. Eslinger | |||||||||
| MATERIALS AND METHODS | |||||||||
| Soil: | Embden loam and Egeland loam; pH = 7.1; 2.5% organic matter; soil N 14 lbs/acre; soil P and soil K were very high; soil S was high. | ||||||||
| Previous crop: | 2014 – wheat and sunflower. | ||||||||
| Seedbed preparation: | Spring conventional tillage. | ||||||||
| Planting: | Planted May 27 in 22-inch rows. | ||||||||
| Plots: | Plots were 17 ft long by 7⅓ ft (4 rows) wide. The study had four replications. | ||||||||
| Fertilizer: | Broadcast 8 lbs N/acre, 42 lbs P2O5/acre, 48 lbs K2O/acre and 10 lbs S/acre as 9 21 24-6 April 14. Stream bar 60 lbs N/acre as 28-0-0 June 16 and July 2. Stream bar 80 lbs N/acre July 23 as 28-0-0. | ||||||||
| Irrigation: | Overhead sprinkler irrigation as needed. | ||||||||
| Pest control: | Roundup (20 oz/acre) + AMS (1 lb/10 gal) June 5 and June 23 plus hand weeding controlled weeds. | ||||||||
| Harvest: | October 26, hand harvest an eight foot section from the center two rows of each plot. | ||||||||
| RESULTS | |||||||||
| Table 1. Root yield of sugarbeet grown at the Oakes Irrigation Reseach Site in 2015. | |||||||||
| Field | |||||||||
| Supplier | Variety | Yield | Yield1 | ||||||
| ton/ac | ton/ac | ||||||||
| Beta Seed | X403 | 45.3 | 41.0 | ||||||
| Beta Seed | X406 | 46.3 | 41.9 | ||||||
| Beta Seed | X525 | 48.5 | 43.9 | ||||||
| SES Vanderhave | SURR1141E | 49.3 | 44.6 | ||||||
| SES Vanderhave | SURR1142E | 44.5 | 40.3 | ||||||
| SES Vanderhave | SURR1143E | 49.3 | 44.6 | ||||||
| Syngenta | SY 1404 | 44.9 | 40.6 | ||||||
| Syngenta | SY 1405 | 47.8 | 43.3 | ||||||
| Syngenta | SY 1406 | 44.0 | 39.8 | ||||||
| Mean | 46.6 | 42.2 | |||||||
| C.V. (%) | 6.8 | 6.8 | |||||||
| LSD 0.10 | 3.8 | 3.5 | |||||||
| LSD 0.05 | 4.6 | 4.2 | |||||||
| Planting date = May 27; Harvest date = October 19; | |||||||||
| Previous crop = sunflower or spring wheat | |||||||||
| 1Yield after an averaged tare weight was subtracted. | |||||||||
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