Claim · model-written summary
Transparent PE film promoted shallot growth relative to black film.
- Taxon
- Shallot
Allium cepa var. aggregatumt0 - Treatment
- Transparent PE film mulchinge0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Direction
- promotede0
- Comparator
- black PE film-mulched crope0
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Verbatim
e0“Transparent PE film mulching promoted plant growth and increased marketable yield by 21% as compared with that of the black PE film-mulched crop”
t0“Shallot (Allium cepa var. ascalonicum Backer)”
Title
Yong-Cho Cho; Jong-Tae Lee; Yoo-Gyeong Park; et al. Korean Journal of Plant Resources 2011. doi:10.7732/kjpr.2011.24.5.507
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Transparent PE film increased marketable yield by 21 percent relative to black film.
- Intervention effect Film type did not significantly affect bulb size.
- Association Ridge dimensions and planting density significantly affected shallot growth and bulb yield.
- Intervention effect Five rows on 120 cm ridges yielded 1,332 kg per 10 a, 1.7 times the three row crop.
- Recommendation The authors recommend five rows on 120 cm ridges with transparent PE film.