The effect of seed priming on field emergence and root yield of sugar beet

Beata Michalska-Klimczak, Zdzisław Wyszyński, Vladimír Pačuta, Marek Rašovský and Agnieszka Różańska
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Beata Michalska-Klimczak: Department of Agronomy, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
Zdzisław Wyszyński: Department of Agronomy, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
Vladimír Pačuta: Department of Crop Production, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic
Marek Rašovský: Department of Crop Production, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic
Agnieszka Różańska: Department of Agronomy, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Warsaw, Poland

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2018, vol. 64, issue 5, 227-232

Abstract: The effect of sugar beet seed (primed and non-primed) on field emergence and root yield of sugar beet was examined. The experiment was realized in the years 2012-2014 at an Experiment Field Station of Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW Faculty of Agriculture and Biology in Skierniewice (51°97'N, 20°19'E) in Poland. The experimental factor was diversified seed material of the same cultivar of sugar beet - typical seeds, traditionally prepared for sowing (non-primed seeds) and seeds before sowing, subjected to the process of priming. On average for the three years of the study, no significant effect of seed priming on the field emergence was found. On the other hand, the sugar beet emergence on plots with primed seeds was faster, more even and uniform. Seed priming, on average for the three years of the study, significantly increased the mean root mass during harvest. In contrast, priming the seeds did not cause an increase in the final plant density. No significant effect of seed priming on root yield was found, both on average for the studied period and in particular years of the study.

Keywords: Beta vulgaris var. altissima; seed quality; germination; root production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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