Claim · model-written summary
Pea plants were smaller without weed control, with variable differences among control treatments.
- Taxon
- pea
Lathyrus oleraceuse0 - Treatment
- no control treatmentse0
- Outcome
- plantse0
- Direction
- smallere0
- Comparator
- weed control treatmentse0
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Verbatim
e0“Carrot and pea plants were smaller in the no control treatments, and some variable differences were noted between weed control treatments.”
Title
Solarization for Weed Control in a Short-season Climate
Jo Ann Robbins; Carol Blackburn HortScience 1997. doi:10.21273/hortsci.32.3.429a
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Double clear plastic produced the highest soil temperatures, with daily peaks of 19 to 46C.
- Intervention effect June weed growth in solarization treatments was 0.3 to 0.8 weeds/m 2 versus 22.4 without control.
- Intervention effect June weed growth under hand-hoeing was 0.3 to 0.8 weeds/m 2 versus 22.4 without control.
- Intervention effect June weed growth under glyphosate was 0.3 to 0.8 weeds/m 2 versus 22.4 without control.
- Intervention effect August weed density in solarization treatments was 1.4 to 2.0 weeds/m 2 versus 20.4 without control.
- Intervention effect August weed density under hand-hoeing was 1.4 to 2.0 weeds/m 2 versus 20.4 without control.
- Intervention effect August weed density under glyphosate was 1.4 to 2.0 weeds/m 2 versus 20.4 without control.
- Intervention effect Weed control treatments did not differ significantly at either date.
- Intervention effect Beet weight per plant did not differ across treatments.
- Intervention effect Bean weight per plant did not differ across treatments.
- Intervention effect Carrot plants were smaller without weed control, with variable differences among control treatments.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that solarization offers little to no advantage over hand-hoeing or herbicides in short-season cool climates.