Claim · model-written summary
Mulches improved water use efficiency by 94% relative to no mulch.
- Taxon
- zucchini
Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepot0 - Treatment
- mulchese0
- Outcome
- water-use efficiencye0
- Direction
- improvinge0
- Value
- 94%e0
- Comparator
- nonmulched treatmente0
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Verbatim
e0“compared to the nonmulched treatment, mulches were effective in reducing weed infestation (95%), increasing yield (36%) and improving water-use efficiency (94%)”
t0“zucchini cultivation”
Title
Mulching materials and wetted soil percentages on zucchini cultivation
Gustavo Henrique da Silva; Fernando França da Cunha; Caio Vieira de Morais; et al. Ciência e Agrotecnologia 2020. doi:10.1590/1413-7054202044006720
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Water consumption was 157 mm with WP.
- Observation Water consumption was 155 mm with BP.
- Observation Water consumption was 215 mm without mulch.
- Intervention effect WP yielded 78.1 ton ha-1, higher than RP and NM.
- Intervention effect BP yielded 69.1 ton ha-1, higher than RP and NM.
- Observation Daily thermal amplitude was lowest under RP at 3.6-6.0 °C.
- Observation Daily thermal amplitude was highest under BP at 7.3-9.0 °C.
- Intervention effect Wetting 50% rather than 70% of soil reduced water use by 5-7%.
- Intervention effect Wetting 50% of soil improved water use efficiency by 11%.
- Intervention effect RP controlled weeds more efficiently than WP and BP.
- Intervention effect Mulches reduced weed infestation by 95% relative to no mulch.
- Intervention effect Mulches increased yield by 36% relative to no mulch.