Effect of autumn and winter in the quality characteristics of several varieties of fodder beet (Beta vulgaris L.) in AL Raqqa


Abstract in English

The field experiment was conducted Al Raqqa research station, the General Commission for Scientific Agriculture Research (GCSAR),. during the 2011/2012- growng season to compare quality traits of four monogerm fodder beet varieties, i.e. Jamon, Splendids, Starmon and Vermon. The experiment was run in Autumn during November and in Winter during January. Experiment was carried out in accordance with the split plot design with three replications. The results of the comparison test T-Test preference fodder beet cultivation in the autumn compared with winter, but by a small percentage in most of the quality traits. The results also showed that the monogerm variety Vermon was the best in most of the quality traits as compared with the other varieties, followed by Starmon. It was recomended to cultivate fodder beet in both autumn and winter under Al Raqqa conditions, but after conducting a complementary researches concerns the other agricultural treatments as, lifting time, plant spacing, fertilization …etc, and to test more monogerm and multigerm varieties from different sources.

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