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Supplemental irrigation by sprinkling increases delta sugar beet yields
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California Agriculture 17(7):2-3.
Published July 01, 1963
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Abstract
Use of sprinklers to supplement the usual subbing method of irrigation increased October-harvested sugar beet production by 8.4 tons per acre. In addition to alleviating drought conditions, sprinkling increased the plant uptake of nitrogen and phosphorus from this highly organic soil.