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Effects of mist irrigation on the physiology of sugar beet
Author(s) -
MILFORD G. F. J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1975.tb01629.x
Subject(s) - sugar beet , mist , transpiration , biology , irrigation , sugar , agronomy , horticulture , botany , photosynthesis , food science , physics , meteorology
SUMMARY High radiation and transpiration demand created low leaf water potentials in sugar beet even when adequate water, applied as irrigation to the soil, was apparently available to the roots. Applications of small quantities of water as a mist to the leaves under such conditions enabled the plant to maintain greater water potentials and to photosynthesize faster.