Beet Root Articles & Analysis
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Water consumption levels vary by crop type. Globally, roots (carrots and beets) and tubers (potatoes) require an average of 0.5 liters of water per calorie, whereas legumes (lentils and beans) require 1.2 liters per calorie, according to researchers at the University of Twente and the Water Footprint Network. ...
In the second cropping year, sugar beet root yields were significantly higher in the fertilized control and by-product treatments than the nonfertilized control. ...
TA-12 is characterised by the highest activity: it increased the productivity of potato (~ 6.0 t/ha) as well as sugar-beet root yield (~3.0 t/ha) and sucrose content (~1.1). TA-12 is supposed to affect plant cell through the IAA receptory system.Keywords: auxin analogues TA-12, TA-59, LN-14, LN-16, IAA, plasmalemma, RNA-polymerase II, plant growth, productivity ...