Assessment of factors limiting spring-sown sugar beet yield in Iran using the CPA method

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1 Department of Agronomy, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Sugar Beet Seed Institute (SBSI) - Agricultural Research Education and Extension, Karaj,Iran

3 Assistant professor

Abstract

Determining the yield limiting factors as well as the optimal level of the limiting factor to reduce the gap between actual and attainable yield plays an important role in increasing the yield of crops. This study was conducted using the Comparative Performance Analysis (CPA) method with the aim of determining the limiting factors of sugar beet yield components (including root yield and sugar content) and also their relative contribution in 2020-2021. This study was carried out by completing the questionnaire in 220 Spring sugar beet fields in the whole country. All data collected were subjected to stepwise regression using CPA separately for the two traits of root yield and sugar content. Based on the models derived from this study, the root yield and sugar content gap was estimated at 81.98 t/ha (57.2%) and 4.88 units (21.7%), respectively. Meanwhile, two physiographic factors including elevation above sea level and geographical longitude accounted for 14.1 and 30.1% of the gap in root yield and sugar content, respectively and a social factor of the farmer’s education level accounted for about 11.9% of the gap in sugar content. Among the factors related to agronomic management that affect root yield gap, 85.8% re related to factors such as the seeding rate, final plant density, irrigation method, sowing date, plant distribution, land leveling, root retention at the field, drought stress, and base nitrogen content with a share equal to 24.7, 11.3, 10.3, 9.8, 8.8, 5.2, 4.1, and 1.9% of the total root yield gap (81.98 t/ha) and 14.2% was related to other factors. Regarding the sugar content gap, the management factors including irrigation frequency, cutting off irrigation date, the amount of organic carbon in the soil, and the disease damage accounted for 24.0, 19.0, 10.3, and 4.6% of the gap (4.88 units), respectively.

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