Table 1.

Effect of limited irrigation on sugar content of sugar beet at various growth stages.

Treatment	Tuber growth stage (%)	Sugar accumulation stage (%)	Harvest time (%)
2016
C1	10.63 c ± 0.46	12.33 b ± 0.47	13.93d ± 0.31
C2	12.80 b ± 0.40	12.97 b ± 0.50	14.77c ± 0.29
C3	11.60 c ± 0.57	14.20 a ± 0.34	15.77b ± 0.46
C4	13.77 a ± 0.43	14.43 a ± 0.44	16.53a ± 0.22
C5	13.10 ab ± 0.33	14.40 a ± 0.36	16.33ab ± 0.31
C6	13.77 a ± 0.46	14.57 a ± 0.54	16.87a ± 0.39
2017
C1	8.43 c ± 0.26	15.43 c ± 0.15	15.90c ± 0.40
C2	10.80 a ± 0.45	16.20 ab ± 0.44	17.23b ± 0.46
C3	9.63 b ± 0.44	15.83 b ± 0.42	16.10c ± 0.36
C4	10.50 a ± 0.30	16.47 ab ± 0.43	17.57b ± 0.36
C5	9.67 b ± 0.41	16.17 b ± 0.26	17.33b ± 0.35
C6	10.90 a ± 0.35	16.94 a ± 0.35	18.60a ± 0.41

Different lowercase letters in the same column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among different treatments in the same year.