TY - JOUR T1 - Transplanting as a means to enhance crop security of fodder beet JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/056408 SP - 056408 AU - EN Khaembah AU - WR Nelson Y1 - 2016/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/06/19/056408.abstract N2 - Fodder beet has become a popular winter feed for all stock classes in New Zealand. However, poor crop establishment frequently leads to either significant loss in yield, through below-target plant populations, weed competition, or crop failure. This study demonstrates that establishing the crop from transplants, common in the vegetable industry, is one way to achieve a uniform plant population and reduce weed competition through early establishment of canopy cover. The most significant effect of transplant establishment is that the target plant population is readily achieved. ER -