Enhancement of Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L) Growth, Sugar Yield productivity by Arbuscular Mycorrhiza and Environment Friendly Growth Stimulant Materials

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1 Botany Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Egypt

2 Department of Physiology and Biochemistry Research, Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt

3 Variteties maintenance Res. Dept., Sugar Crops Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Egypt

4 Agronomy Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Egypt.

Abstract

Increasing sugar beet production in the face of climate change using environmentally friendly materials is a challenge for scientists in the next coming years. Two field experiments were carried out at the Research Farm of Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt during 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 seasons to study the effects of Arbuscular mycorrhizal as a soil amendment (without, 200 and 400 spore/g soil) and spraying canopies with four nutrition (without, Salicylic acid, Chitosan and Alginic acid). A Randomized Complete Block Design in a split-plot arrangement with three replications. The results of revealed application of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) significantly improved all plant growth traits investigated as well as the yields of both sugar beet roots and sugar, especially for plants that received the higher application rate of AMF at a rate of 400 spore/g soil Such increases ranged from 1.2 up to 2-fold higher than the control. The application of AMF, especially at its highest rate, significantly improved sugar beet root quality during the two seasons of study, specifically the percentage of the extracted sugar, sucrose %, alpha amino (2nd season only), in addition to the percentages of K and Na (1st season only) in roots. The AMF and foliar spraying significantly enhanced various physiological and metabolic traits in sugar beet during the two seasons. Our study concludes that the application of AMF and foliar spraying proven to increase all sugar beet parameters especially at its highest rate (400 spore/g soil), with preserving the environment and achieving sustainability.

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Journal of Plant Production

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