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Growth and dry-matter partitioning in sugar beet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. F. J. Milford ,
K. Z. Travis ,
T. O. Pocock ,
K. W. Jaggard  and
W. Day
G. F. J. Milford
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Arable Crops Research Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
K. Z. Travis
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Arable Crops Research Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
T. O. Pocock
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Arable Crops Research Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
K. W. Jaggard
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Arable Crops Research Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, IP28 6NP
W. Day
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Arable Crops Research Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ
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Summary

Data from 11 sugar-beet crops grown at different sites, in different years and with some variations in husbandry have been used to re-examine the process of dry-matter partitioning. Two-phase linear models did not describe adequately the distribution of dry matter. There was no evidence of a discontinuity in the partitioning between root and shoot at any point in crop development. It is suggested that, contrary to a recent view, events in the shoot, rather than the storage root, largely determine how dry matter is allocated between growth and sugar storage.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 110 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 301 - 308
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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