Impact of climatic variables on carbon content in sugar beet root

Sánchez Sastre, Luis Fernando ; Martín Ramos, Pablo (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Navas Gracia, Luis Manuel ; Hernández Navarro, Salvador ; Martín Gil, Jesús

Resumen: The impacts of climatic variables on the growth and carbon content of spring sown sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) in the Castilla y Leon region (Northwestern Spain) were assessed by analyzing 35 beet crop variables at four sites over two cultivation years. ANOVA analysis allowed to discern that the location was the factor that had the highest effect on those variables. Fertilization treatments only had a significant impact on the variables derived from the quantity of fresh material (leaves), while the beet variety choice influenced the amount of nitrogen in leaves and the carbon to nitrogen ratio. It could be inferred that the percentage of root carbon content depended mostly on the location and that a higher percentage of root carbon content led to a higher content of dry matter, with a positive relationship with the sucrose content for the two types of varieties that were tested. Principal Component Analysis distinguished the climatic factors that most influenced each cultivation area in each cultivation year and provided a clear separation of the data in clusters, evidencing the uniqueness of each site.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/agronomy8080147

Año: 2018

Publicado en: Agronomy 8, 8 (2018), 147 [25 pp.]
ISSN: 2073-4395

Factor impacto JCR: 2.259 (2018)

Categ. JCR: AGRONOMY rank: 19 / 89 = 0.213 (2018) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: PLANT SCIENCES rank: 78 / 228 = 0.342 (2018) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.771 - Agronomy and Crop Science (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EUR/LIFE/CO2 Operation-LIFE11 ENV/ES-000535

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Area Ingeniería Agroforestal (Dpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural)