INNOVATIVE SOLUTION DESTINED TO CONTROL SUGAR BEET PRODUCTION, SUGAR PRODUCTION AND SUGAR YILED

The search for innovative strategies for promoting sustainable approach of sugar beet cultures includes identification of new products and management practices destined to weed control. Such products, besides effectiveness against weeds, also involve a good crop tolerance to herbicide, resulting in high production and productivity. Research in the field resulted in the development of market available SMART systems including sugar beet varieties. The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of an intelligent solution of crop management in specific SMART sugar beet varieties, using a new herbicide based on foramsulfuron, and thiencarbazone-methyl, and the influence of this approach on sugar beetproduction, sugar yield and production. The experiment was organized in 2023, in a private farm from Cuci village, Mures County, Romania. Four sugarbeet varieties (Belamia, Hopper, Djerba, and Kipunji) used both as SMART and classic (Class) formulas were used to emphasize the differences in yield, sugar yield, and relative sugar yield. The results of the study show the efficacy of using the SMART system, which has as results improvements in sugarbeet yield and yields traits, expressed by sugar and relative sugar yields for all studied varieties.