Improvement of Sugar Beet Technological Quality as a Result of Foliar Application of the Biologic “Bioterra Antistress”

The major problem facing an agrarian complex of the Russian Federation is yield increase and technological quality improvement of beet roots that is impossible without complete nutrient supply of plants. Aim of our investigations was to study changes of sugar beet technological indices depending on foliar application of “BioTerra Antistress”, a new complex biologic, for plants. For an objective appraisal of this biologic application effectiveness, the studies were carried out in industrial beet fields of 3 farms (OOO YUVAG, Voronezh region; OOO Zolotaya niva, Tambov region; and OOO Agroproduct) in 2019, where different hybrids were sown, and sampling was conducted during different periods to determine biological yield and technological characteristics of beet roots. Foliar double application on the “BioTerra Antistress” biologic with the optimal consumption rate of 1.3 l/ha for sugar beet plants (at the stage of 2–3 pairs of leaves, and at the stage of crop closing) allowed obtaining gain of beet yield (5.0–12.5 t/ha, or 9.1–14.7%) and sugar content (0.30–0.70 absolute %) as compared to the corresponding control variants under different soil-environmental conditions. Samples of the experimental variants surpassed the control ones – without treatment – in sugar output (by 0.28–0.58 absolute %). As for white sugar yield per 1 hectare, it was more by 1.34 t/ha (19.42%) in Voronezh region, 0.83 t/ha (11.38%) in Tambov region, and 2.17 t/ha (18.55%) in Bryansk region, respectively. Developed by the company OOO NPF EkoBioTekhnologiya the new complex biologic “BioTerra Antistress” which composition includes several various active substances (macro- and microelements in the chelated form, humic compounds, organic acids, and microorganisms) with the different influence mechanisms showed stable effect under a wide range of soil-environmental conditions. The obtained data of the experiments on a farm scale allow recommending the biologic as an ecologically safe one for practical use with consumption rate of 1.3 l/ha for sugar beet as it promotes increase of yield, sugar content, forecasted sugar output, white sugar yield, per 1 hectare and profitability of the mentioned agricultural method.

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