| The 3ICAT Field Meeting Kanagawa Pref. Inst. of Agr. Ms. M. Kubo |
@Kanagawa pref. neighbors on Tokyo Met. There
is an ever-present danger of stem blight
in this area. Disease control is the most
important theme in this trial. All cultivers
will be faced by this problem.
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| Cultivation | |
| Sowing date | 11 Mar. 2002 |
| Planting date | 4 Jun. 2002 |
| Closing cultivation | 11-16 Dec. 2002 |
| Planting density | Row150cm~Space35cm (190/a) |
| Fertilizing | N-P2O5-K2O: 3.5-3.5-3.5kg/a |
| Growth of tested cultivars (Dec. 2002) | ||||||
| CV | Plant length | No. of the stems | Max diam. of the stem | GI | Weight of the leaves and stems | Brix (Root) |
| (cm) | (–{/Pl.) | (cm) | (g/Pl.) | (%) | ||
| UC157 | 163 | 12.2 | 0.9 | 5290 | 143 | 14.7 |
| Atlas | 175 | 12.6 | 1.2 | 7399 | 178 | 10.7 |
| Grande | 173 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 5063 | 154 | 9.7 |
| Gijnlim | 166 | 15.5 | 1.0 | 7946 | 178 | 9.6 |
| NJ953 | 189 | 10.0 | 0.9 | 4972 | 169 | 14.8 |
| NJ956 | 174 | 9.3 | 0.9 | 4334 | 167 | 14.5 |
| NJ977 | 179 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 5212 | 190 | 10.6 |
| NJ978 | 182 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 4763 | 160 | 10.5 |
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| UC157 | Atlas | Grande |
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| Gijnlim | NJ953 | NJ956 |
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| NJ977 | NJ978 |