Effect of irrigation management on quantitative and qualitative parameters of autumn-sown sugar beet

In regions with autumn-sown sugar beet planting, rainfall occurrence during sugar beet growth, especially in winter, has an economic and significant role in supplying the required water. This study was conducted to determine rainfall as well as early and late irrigation proportion on sugar beet performance in randomized complete block design with three replications in Safi-Abad Agricultural Research Center in 2005-06. Treatments were composed of five irrigation levels including irrigation after 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 mm evaporation from evaporation pan (I1-I5, respectively), no-irrigation in spring (I6), seedling emergence by rainfall and spring irrigation after 100 mm evaporation from evaporation pan (I7), irrigation during the growing season after 100 mm evaporation from evaporation pan (I8) and no -rainfall as well as -irrigation in spring (I9). Significant difference was observed among treatments for quantitative and qualitative traits (P