Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend silver/black mulch as an alternative to clear mulch for weed control and yield.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Outcome
- silver/black plastic mulche0
- Comparator
- conventional clear plastic mulchese0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black and silver/black plastic mulch may be a good alternative for conventional clear plastic mulches.”
t0“Tomato”
Title
Using Colored Plastic Mulches in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) Production
Hamidreza Rajablariani; Ramin Rafezi; Farzad Hassankhan 2012
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Colored mulches warmed soil by 3 to 6 ˚C relative to bare soil.
- Intervention effect Blue plastic gave the highest soil temperature.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch produced maximum marketable yield and fruit weight.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch reduced weed biomass by 95-98%.
- Intervention effect Black plastic mulch reduced weed biomass by 95-98%.
- Recommendation The authors recommend black mulch as an alternative to clear mulch for weed control and yield.