Abstract:
Optimum irrigation management is one of the most important factors in sugar beet production, one of the main reasons, limiting the sugar beet production in Sudan there is limited information regarding the interactive effects of irrigation in the farmer's field. This experiment was aimed to study the growth and yield response of sugar beet to the different Irrigation Intervals 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. Randomize complete block design with three treatments and three replications were used in the study. The treatments I1: 7 days irrigation interval; I2: 10 irrigation intervals; I3: 14 irrigation intervals were applied. Results indicated that irrigation intervals significantly affected germination rate; root thickness; plant population; crop yield and total sugar production, maximum germination percentage (67.3%) was obtained when I1 was used, while minimum germination rate (62.4%) was recorded when I 3 was used. Maximum Plant population, crop yield and Total Sugar production from sugar beet (58772, 26.7 ton/fedd and 4.3 ton/fedd. respectively) were recorded in I1 (7 days interval).
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