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Measurement of Soil Moisture Deficit by Neutron Moderation under Two Densities of Sugar Beet with and without Irrigation

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Physical Aspects of Soil Water and Salts in Ecosystems

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Previous reports of the value of irrigation for sugar beet grown in England (Penman, 1952; Price and Harvey, 1962) showed that, realtive to other crops, increases in sugar yield were usually small. In about one year out of three years the increase was economically significant. The experiments described below were made in East Anglia, one of the driest areas of England (average annual precipitation at Broom’s Barn, 580 mm), to determine the response to irrigation by two widely different densities of sugar beet.

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  1. A. P. Draycott
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  1. Institute of Soils and Water, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

    A. Hadas , M. Fuchs  & B. Yaron ,  & 

  2. Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, USA

    D. Swartzendruber

  3. Institute for Land and Water Management, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    P. E. Rijtema

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Draycott, A.P. (1973). Measurement of Soil Moisture Deficit by Neutron Moderation under Two Densities of Sugar Beet with and without Irrigation. In: Hadas, A., Swartzendruber, D., Rijtema, P.E., Fuchs, M., Yaron, B. (eds) Physical Aspects of Soil Water and Salts in Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65523-4_31

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