Understanding water uptake in sugar beet

Sugar beet is grown worldwide for sugar production. In the UK the main growing area is East Anglia, which has an annual rainfall of c.600 mm and the crop is predominantly growth on sandy loam soils. Previous work has reported that sugar beet shows an average annual yield loss of 10% due to water def...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fitters, Tamara F.J.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56367/