Claim · model-written summary
The authors attribute the effect on yield contributing characters of tomato to the microclimate modified by mulches.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Outcome
- yield contributing characterse1
- Qualifier
- this modified microclimatee1
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Verbatim
e1“this modified microclimate affected the yield contributing characters of tomato”
Title
Effect of mulching and date of transplanting on yield contributing characters of Tomato
Navdeep Gandhi; G. S. Bains Journal of research 2006
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect Number of branches, average fruit weight and total yield of tomato were maximum under transparent polythene mulch, followed by black polythene, straw mulch and the control.
- Intervention effect The first transplanting date increased the branch number, average fruit weight and total yield of tomato to the maximum extent among the transplanting dates.
- Intervention effect Mulches modified the microclimate by modifying soil temperature, soil moisture and evaporation.