Claim · model-written summary
BK-1-270 biofabric eliminated weed competition.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- BK-1-270 biofabric mulche0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed competitione0
- Direction
- eliminatede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the BK-1-270 biofabric mulch did not deteriorate during the growing season, increased soil moisture throughout the season by up to 3.0% relative to bare soil, and eliminated weed competition”
e1“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)”
Title
Filtration Industry Analyst 2006. doi:10.1016/s1365-6937(06)71232-1
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation Bioplastic films began deteriorating 3–5 weeks after transplanting.
- Mechanism Bioplastic film deterioration increased weed emergence.
- Mechanism Bioplastic film deterioration increased evaporative soil water loss.
- Observation BK-1-270 biofabric mulch did not deteriorate during the growing season.
- Intervention effect BK-1-270 biofabric increased soil moisture by up to 3.0% versus bare soil.
- Intervention effect Bioplastic films increased soil temperature by as much as 1.7 °C in northern Illinois.
- Intervention effect Bioplastic films increased soil temperature by as much as 2.3 °C in central Illinois.
- Intervention effect Soil temperatures did not differ between bare soil and biofabrics.
- Intervention effect Biofabric mulch did not increase tomato fruit yield relative to bare soil.
- Intervention effect Bioplastic mulch did not increase tomato fruit yield relative to bare soil.
- Intervention effect Biofabric mulch did not increase pepper fruit yield relative to bare soil.
- Intervention effect Bioplastic mulch did not increase pepper fruit yield relative to bare soil.
- Recommendation The authors suggest biofabrics where soil warming is undesirable but moisture conservation and weed control matter.