Effect of irrigation and spraying with boron and potassium silicate in improving the quality and productivity of sugar beet under water stress conditions

Abdel-Moneam, Maamoun Ahmed; Seadh, Saleh E.; El-Sherpiny, Mohamed; Mohamed, Ahmed

doi:10.36531/ijds.2024.154236.1087

	Effect of irrigation and spraying with boron and potassium silicate in improving the quality and productivity of sugar beet under water stress conditions
IRAQI JOURNAL OF DESERT STUDIES
Article 7, Volume 14, Issue 2, December 2024, Pages 66-74 PDF (561.91 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.36531/ijds.2024.154236.1087
Authors
Maamoun Ahmed Abdel-Moneam^* ¹; Saleh E. Seadh²; Mohamed El-Sherpiny³; Ahmed Mohamed⁴
¹Agron. Dept., Fac. of Agric., Mansoura Univ., Egypt
²Prof. of Agronomy, Vice Dean Faculty of Agriculture for Education and Student Affairs, Mansoura University, Egypt.
³Soil Fertility & Plant Nutation Research Department, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, El-Gama St., Giza, 12619 Egypt
⁴Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University- El-Mansoura-Egypt.
Abstract
This field study evaluated the effectiveness of boron and potassium silicate foliar applications in mitigating the impact of reduced irrigation on sugar beet production. The experiment was conducted using a split-plot trail in randomized complete design (RCBD), as it was structured with irrigation treatments as the main plots: T1 (Traditional irrigation with 7 events, no skipped events), T2 (6 irrigation events, skipping the 2nd), T3 (6 irrigation events, skipping the 3rd), and T4 (6 irrigation events, skipping the 4th). Sub-main plots included foliar treatments: F1 (Control, no foliar application), F2 (Borax at 0.5 cm³ L⁻¹), F3 (Potassium silicate at 2.5 cm³ L⁻¹) and F4 (Combined treatment of Borax 0.25 cm³ L⁻¹ + Potassium silicate 1.25 cm³ L⁻¹). Results showed that skipping irrigation events negatively impacted sugar content and juice quality, with the highest reductions observed in T3 and T4. However, the combined foliar treatment of boron and potassium silicate significantly improved sugar yield and juice quality, particularly in T2, compensating for the skipped irrigation event. The combination of T1 with F4 produced the highest Na% (1.50–1.56%) and α-amino N% (4.30–4.40%). Additionally, T1 × F4 recorded the highest sucrose content (19.14–19.93%) and purity (87.68–87.76%), whereas T2 × F1 exhibited the lowest sucrose content (15.81–16.44%). Furthermore, the same combined treatment (T1 × F4) achieved the highest recoverable sugar yield (4.65 – 4.91 Mg fed⁻¹), contrasting with T2 × F1, which had the lowest yield (3.25–3.44 Mg fed⁻¹).
Keywords
Water; Sugar; Juice-quality

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