Green Global
Foundation   Journal
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SCREENING OF WATER STRESS TOLERANT SUGAR BEET (Beta vulgaris L.) GENOTYPES (Pages : 29 - 35)

Crop production is severely affected by water stress in Bangladesh while irregular and limited precipitation is the major cause of drought. The use of drought-tolerant cultivars is one of the sustainable methods for coping with water deficiency in such regions. Prior to breeding and introduction of a cultivar, it is necessary to determine the relative drought tolerance of potential parental genotypes. Seventeen sugar beet populations were evaluated under moisture stress and non-stress conditions. Irrigation was conducted at one light and three deep furrow irrigation under stress and non-stress conditions respectively as well as permits natural evaporation. It was found that all of the studied traits were significantly different among the genotypes under stress and non-stress conditions. Cauvery and Srenada perform better in stress environment. The study of the relations among the stress and non-stress conditions revealed that increasing of brix percent lead to increasing of brown sugar yield whereas increasing of chlorophyll content under stress condition lead to decreased root yield. Beside this, stress influences the root length.Download