Claim · model-written summary
Foam mulch gave weed control within the crop row comparable to black plastic mulch.
- Taxon
- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- foam mulche1
- Outcome
- weed control within the crop rowe1
- Direction
- no_changeinferrede1
- Comparator
- black plastic mulche1
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“yields of basil ( Ocimum basilicum ) and tomatoes ( Lycopersicon esculentum )”
e1“The foam mulch maintained its integrity for the entire growing season and provided weed control within the crop row comparable to black plastic mulch”
Title
A Foam Mulching System to Control Weeds in Tomatoes and Sweet Basil
John Masiunas; Elizabeth Wahle; Laurel Barmore; et al. HortTechnology 2003. doi:10.21273/horttech.13.2.0324
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Foam mulch maintained its integrity for the entire growing season.
- Observation The only weeds that emerged in the crop row came through holes in the black or foam mulch.
- Association Foam mulch colour did not affect weed control.
- Association Basil shoot biomass was not affected by mulch treatment.
- Association Mulch colour affected early fruit, ripe fruit and total yield of tomato.
- Intervention effect Tomato yields under blue foam mulch were greater than under other treatments.
- Intervention effect Tomato yields under black foam mulch were similar to those under black plastic mulch.