Function of Stored Sugar Beets Size on Sodium and Potassium Changes in Silo

On of the most important of sugar beets quality is amount of sodium and potassium, because this compounds are strongly molassogenic and reduction of yield. So, attention on reasons that change this compound in sugar beets and consequently in produced juice are very important. In this study, effect of size of sugar beet (obtained from different areas) on changes of sodium and potassium are investigated. Sugar beets that obtained from 3 areas, are sorted (big size, medium size, small size and mixed size) and stored during 18 days industrial silo in Shirvan sugar factory. The results shown that amount of sodium and potassium related to cultivation areas and during storage amount of this compound change with size of sugar beets inversely. Namely, increasing of this compound in small size of sugar beets were more than others.