Growth and yield formation of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) under strip tillage compared to full width tillage on silt loam soil in Central Europe

摘要

On silt loam sites in Central Europe, autumn strip tillage (ST) might offer an option to produce high sugar beet yields at lower costs and improved erosion control compared to full width tillage practices. Three field trials were conducted in 2013/14 and 2014/15 at Gottingen, Lower Saxony, Germany, to investigate the effect of three tillage systems (intensive tillage (IT), reduced tillage (RT), ST) and two fertilizer nitrogen levels (no fertilizer nitrogen (NO), fertilizer nitrogen required for optimum yield (Nopt)) on sugar beet growth.