This document provides production guidelines for beetroot including scientific name, origin, cultivation practices from propagation to harvesting, pest and disease control. It details bed preparation including line sowing seeds 1.5-2 cm deep at a spacing of 30x10 cm. Fertilizers including vermicompost, FYM, NPK are applied. Beetroots are irrigated to keep soil moist, weeded twice, thinned, and earthed up. Pests like webworm are controlled by spraying. Beetroots are harvested after 70 days at 32 kg/25 sqm yield, providing Rs. 256 income.

2. UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL
SCIENCES, BANGLORE
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, HASSAN
TOPIC :Production guidelines
for Beetroot
PRESENTED TO:
DR. Nirmala. K. S.
Asst. professor of Horticulture
Dept.of Horticulture
Agricultural college, Hassan

4. Scientific name: Beta vulgaris
Common names: Beetroot, table beet,
garden or common beet
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Origin: Europe and Africa

5. General aspects Cultivation
practices
 1. Propagation & Soil preparation
 2. Planting .
 3. Fertilization & Irrigation
 4. Weed control & Pest control
 5. Disease control & Other cultivation practices
 6. Harvesting

6. 1.Propagation
 Beetroot is propagated by seed.
2. Bed preparation
 The seedbed should be well prepared by
ploughing 15 to 30 cm deep to break up clods.
 The soil should also be as level as possible,
enough moisture and be free of unrotted plant
material.

7. BED PREPARATION

8. 3. Sowing
 Date of sowing:10/07/2013
 Line sowing
 Depth of sowing is 1.5 – 2cm.
 The sowing times differ with production areas.
 Seed rate : 20gm/25sq.m
 Spacing : 30 10cm.
 Date of germination:17/07/2013 to 24/07/2013

9. 4. Manure & fertilizers
 Vermicompost : 2kg/25sq.m
 FYM : 2kg/25sq.m
 N:P:K 40:120:70kg/ha
 But we applied 575gm combinely (100gm urea,
300gm SSP & 175gm MOP)
 “N” is split into 2(1/2 as basal dose & remaining ½ as
top dressing after 3-4 weeks of sowing)

10. 5. Irrigation
 The soil should never be allowed to become dry
and it should be kept moist to a depth of 20 to
25 cm.
 Irrigate the field immediately after sowing for
better germination.
 Subsequent irrigation is done once in two days
for better growth.

11. IRRIGATION

12. 6. Weed control
 All weeds between the rows must be
removed by hand to avoid damaging the
roots.
 1st weeding is done 3 weeks after planting.
 2nd is at the time of earthing up.
 Weeding is done to avoid the competition
with crop.

13. WEEDING

14. 7. Thinning
 Thinned to a spacing of 10cm at the stage of 2-3
leaves to maintain the proper spacing.
 It helps to increase the size of the beetroots.
 To remove the diseased plants.

15. 8. Earthing up
 It is done to avoid the exposure of roots.
 And also to avoid weeds.
 To give support to the plant.
 Promoting the desired growth, this may encourage
the development of roots.

16. EARTHING UP

17. PEST AND DISEASES
9. Pest
 1.Web worm:
Controlled by spraying
chlorpyriphos @ 2.5 ml/lit of
water.
 2.Semi looper:
It is a minor pest so we
neglected it.
 3.Defoliator:
Controlled by natural fungus.

18. Affected leaves

19. Defoliator

20. 10. Physiological disorder
1.Heart rot:
It is notified minorly, so not taken any measurement.

21. HEART ROT

22. 11. Harvesting
 Maturity of the crop is indicated
by colour of leaf.
 Done after 70 days.(16/09/2013)
 Before harvesting light irrigation is
given.
 Harvested manually.

23. 12. Yield : 32kg/25sq.m
13. Marketed rate : 8Rs/kg
14.Income : 32 8 256Rs

24. PRESENTED BY :
 MAMATHA. P.
 MANJUNATHA. Y. N.
 MANOJ. B. S.
 MOUNASHREE. D. C.