Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 2
Written by Cosmin Alexandru MURARU, Simona Florina ISTICIOAIA, Denisia Mihaela IACOBUȚ, Andreea Sabina PINTILIE, Alexandra LEONTE, Doru STANCIU, Paula Lucelia PINTILIE, Lorena Diana POPA, Lorena ADAM, Gheorghe MATEI, Valentin VLĂDUȚ
This paper presents the results obtained from research carried out at A.R.D.S. Secuieni, which aimed to identify solutions to increase the productivity of sugar beet, a crop strongly affected by drought in the specific conditions of the Center of Moldova. To this end, the influence of sowing time on production was analyzed in the experimental field. The growing period of sugar beet was characterized differently depending on the sowing epoch, being very dry for the first two epochs and normal for the third epoch, which benefited better from the large amounts of rainfall in September. The best plant density at harvest was recorded in the third sowing epoch (May 3th), which also achieved the highest root production (48.2 t/ha). Compared with the control variant (average of experience), the increase in production achieved by this variant was statistically assured and interpreted as highly significant. At the opposite pole was the variant sown in the first sowing period (April 01th), which achieved a difference from the control that was interpreted as a very significant negative difference.
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