Evaluation of intercropped sugar beets Beta vulgaris L. with emphasis on competition for light

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Sugar beets were grown with beans, barley, or corn in alternate single rows in 1969 and 1970 using four different spaeings.Alternate paired plantings were also studied in 1968 and 1969.Turnips were used as an intercrop in 1968 only.Sugar beets were also grown under four levels of light intensity at the Montana State University Experiment Station located at Huntley, Montana in 1969 and 1970.Objectives were (1) to determine the competitive effects of other crops on the yield and sugar content of sugar beets, (2) to determine the effect of reduced light intensity on the yield, sugar content and nutrient composition of sugar beefs, (3) to compare the gross returns per acre from growing two crops in a mixed culture with returns from growing one crop in a monoculture, (4) to compare the yield and sugar content of intercropped sugar beets planted in alternate single versus alternate paired rows and (5) to determine the effects of a companion crop on the micro-climate of sugar beets.Corn had t

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