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METHOD and EQUIPMENT Two grower locations (Fig. 1) were selected having large pivot irrigation units with considerable experience in irrigating sugar beets. On June 9 the following equipment was installed at each of the locations: Location A: Sylvester Farm, Quanicassee Control Plot Hand Irrigated Plot lOcm, 30cm, 60cm 1 Ocm, 30cm, 60cm Irrigation Dates None August 9,24,3 1, September 13 4 rows, 1 Om length plot, Fig. 4 May 5, July 10, 14, August 9, 15,30, September 4, 12, 17 Other Sensors None Atrnometer (Evapotranspiration Gauge, Fig. 12) Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge. Fig. 6 At the Sylvester site, Location A, there was a clay loam surface followed by a lighter sandier layer then a yellow clay soil at the 60cm depth. The irrigation water source was fiom the Saginaw Bay through a series of deep ditches. The pivot system covers 160 acres, (Fig 5). Location B: Reif Farm HWY 81 - Indiantown , I Control Plot Hand Inigated Plot Pivot Plot C-Probe Depths 1 Ocm, 30cm, 60cm lOcm, 30cm, 60cm IOcm, 30cm, 60cm Irrigation Dates None August 9,24,31, ~esember 13. 4 rows, 10m length plot, Fig. 4. August 15,22,23, 30, 31, September 9, 14 Other Sensors None None Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge. At the Reif Farm, Location B, the top 30cm was composed of a dark, heavy, clay loam soil with a relatively high organic matter base of 5% with the lower soil area, a yellowclay soil. The irrigation water source was also fiom the Saginaw Bay through a series of deep ditches. The Reif farm is located further south fiom the bay (Fig. 1), than the Sylvester f m and depending on the wind direction, does not have the consistency of water supply available in the ditches throughout the summer.
Fig. 1. Irrigation test sites, Michigan Grower locations: Location A: Location B: Test Site Sylvester Farm, Quanicasse Test Site Reif Farm, Indiantown Weather Station Locations: MAW Weather Stations: OWN Weather Stations Fairgrove Munger Saginaw Quanicasse Indiantown The Ontario Weather Network (OWN) weather stations used Adcon Telemetry, which transmit data to a local base station where the sensor data is logged. The OWN calls into the station and collects the data where it is plotted and analyzed. The sensors are Adcon and OWN custom sensors.
Page 1 and 2: Submitted to the ONTARIO SUGAR BEET
Page 3 and 4: SPECIAL ACKNOWLDEGMENTS I wish to p
Page 5 and 6: REPORTS IRRIGATION STRATEGIES FOR S
Page 7 and 8: Research Results and Milestone Stat
Page 9 and 10: applications, severely costing the
Page 11 and 12: Table 1. Foliar disease control rat
Page 13 and 14: CROP: Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.)
Page 15 and 16: Table la. Cercospora Foliar disease
Page 17: BeetCast Evaluation for the Control
Page 23 and 24: CROP: PEST: Sugar beet (Beta vulgar
Page 25 and 26: CONTROL OF RHlZOCTONlA CROWN ROT IN
Page 27 and 28: Table 1. Effect of fungicides appli
Page 29 and 30: Table 1. Foliar insect damage ratin
Page 33 and 34: effective in combating the crown ro
Page 35 and 36: Table 1. Field assessments of sugar
Page 37 and 38: Table 1. Common leaf rust ratings i
Page 39: IRRIGATION STRATEGIES FOR SUGAR BEE
Page 43: Fig. 5. Commercial Pivot Irrigation
Page 50 and 51: Irr 1-7: dates where grower applied
Page 52 and 53: Fig. 8b. Location A Pivot Irrigatio
Page 54 and 55: COMMENTS: Location A CONTROL lOcm T
Page 56 and 57: Fig. 9a Location B Control 10cm Dep
Page 58 and 59: 1Ocm Depth Hand lrrigated (Reif) -
Page 60 and 61: SUGAR BEET MELD AND SUGAR CONTENT O
Page 62 and 63: COMMENTS The reference ETo at each
Page 64 and 65: graphs indicated that too much wate
Page 66 and 67: 1. PRODUCTION BENEFITS OF IRRIGATIO
Page 68 and 69: of 10 (Fig. 6). Plant growth charac
Page 70 and 71: Table 1: Seed corn irrigation analy
Page 72 and 73: Fig. 8. Irrigation plot layout show
Page 74 and 75: Cob Length Irrigation significantly
Page 76 and 77: Seed Corn Yields Irrigation signifi
Page 78 and 79: BENEFITS OF IRRIGATING SEED CORN IN
Page 80 and 81: C-probe Scaled Frequency Unit V I +
Page 82 and 83: CONCLUSIONS: The initial intent was
Page 84 and 85: Fig. >rip tape along side of seed c
Page 86 and 87: Table 8b: Drip Irrigation - Seed co
Page 88 and 89: Fig. 18. Drip Irrigation - Non-irri
Page 90 and 91:
Fig. 20. Rainfall accumulations in
Page 92 and 93:
Fig. 22. Soil moisture profile in f
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