Claim · model-written summary
Watermelon seedling growth and leaf number were higher with PLA than PE film.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- PLA mulching filme0
- Outcome
- seedlings, leaves numbere0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- traditional non-degradable PE mulching filme0
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Verbatim
e0“the watermelon seedlings, leaves number and chlorophyll content of the PLA mulching film group were higher than that of the traditional non-degradable PE mulching film group”
Title
Application of Poly(Lactic Acid) Mulching Film in Watermelon Cultivation in Greenhouse
WANG Ting-ting; LI Mei; JIANG Wei; et al. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2017. doi:10.13254/j.jare.2017.0140
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation PLA film cracked, then developed holes and broke down.
- Intervention effect PLA film had more favorable heat preservation.
- Intervention effect Soil heavy metal content did not differ significantly between films.
- Intervention effect Soil metal oxidation did not differ significantly between films.
- Intervention effect Watermelon stem diameter and length did not differ significantly between films.
- Intervention effect Watermelon chlorophyll content was higher with PLA than PE film.
- Intervention effect Watermelon production did not differ significantly between films.
- Recommendation The authors expect PLA film to replace conventional mulching film.