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| Effect of different Tillage Practices on sugar beet production in heavy clay soil |
Abdalla N. O. Kheiry , Mohamed Hassan Dahab and Elwaleed M.H. Basheeir
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Abstract:
One of the main reasons, limiting the sugar beet production in Sudan is inappropriate use of tillage and planting equipments in the farmer's field. The current study was carried out to evaluate the effects of different tillage practices on growth and yield of sugar beet at farmer's field at the Guneid Sugar Cane Research Center, Gezira state-Sudan during October 2013 - April 2014 and repeated in October 2014- April 2015 to evaluate the effect of different tillage practices on the growth and yield of sugar beet. Randomize complete block design with four treatments and three replications were used in the study. The treatments T1: Moldboard plow plus disk harrow plus ridging (MDHR); T2: Disk plow plus disk harrow plus ridging (DDHR); T3: Chisel plow plus disk harrow plus ridging (CDHR); T4: Two passes of disk harrowing plus ridging (TDHR) were applied. The results showed that, maximum germination percentage (67.3%) and (63.7%) were obtained, when T1 (MDHR) and T2 (DDHR) were used, while minimum germination rate (56.7%) was recorded when T4 (TDHR) was used. Maximum Plant population, crop yield and Sugar production from sugar beet (26157, 29.2 ton/fedd and 4.4 ton/fedd respectively) were recorded in T2 (DDHR).
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