Claim · model-written summary
Tomato yields were higher under straw mulch than plastic mulch.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- straw mulche0
- Outcome
- Yieldse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- plastic mulche0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Yields were higher under the straw mulch compared to the plastic mulch”
t0“Tomato Growth”
Title
Mulch Effect on Soil Properties and Tomato Growth Using Micro‐Irrigation
James A. Tindall; R. B. Beverly; D. E. Radcliffe Agronomy Journal 1991. doi:10.2134/agronj1991.00021962008300060019x
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Straw mulch increased soil infiltration relative to plastic mulch.
- Intervention effect Straw mulch lowered soil pH, bulk density and surface evaporation relative to plastic mulch.
- Intervention effect Straw mulch lowered cone index, soil temperature and matric potential relative to plastic mulch.
- Intervention effect Irrigation increased tomato yield under straw mulch in 1987.
- Intervention effect Irrigation did not increase tomato yield under straw mulch in 1988.
- Intervention effect Irrigation did not increase tomato yield under plastic mulch.
- Recommendation Straw mulch may improve tomato yield in hot environments if soil pH is controlled.