TY - JOUR AU - Nourse, E. F. AU - Hills, F. J. AU - Henderson, D. W. AU - Loomis, R. S. TI - Supplemental irrigation by sprinkling increases delta sugar beet yields JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1963/07/01 VL - 17 IS - 7 SP - 2 EP - 3 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v017n07p2 AB - 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.