Sodium Chloride on Sugarbeet
Assess the response and need of sodium and chloride for sugar beet production in North Dakota.
IPNI-1996-USA-ND10
15 Mar 2001
Methodology
- Field experiments were established on a Fargo silty clay (Fine, smectic, frigid, Typic Epiaquert) north of the airport at Fargo, North Dakota, a Wheatville silt loam (Coarse-silty over clayey, frigid Aeric Calciaquoll) at the Northwest Experiment Station near Crookston, MN and a Fargo silty clay-Bearden silt loam (Fine-silty, frigid Aeric Haplaquoll) near Glyndon, MN during the fall of 1996. Following small grain harvest, chisel plowing to the depth of 6-8 inches was conducted to establish a conventional seedbed. The experiment was arranged in a randomized complete block deign with six replications. Individual treatment plots measured 11 feet wide and 30 to 35 feet long. In October, five sodium chloride treatments were applied and incorporated with a field cultivator and included a zero-NaCl control. Three treatments consisted of broadcasting granular NaCl at rates of 100, 200 or 400 lb. NaCl a-1, while the other treatment consisted of applying 200 lb. NaCl a-1 as sulfur coated material. Prior to seedbed preparation with a Alloway Seedbedder in the spring, the same four NaCl treatments were applied.