Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest biofabrics where soil warming is undesirable but moisture conservation and weed control matter.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Outcome
- biofabrics may be usefule0
- Qualifier
- soil warming is not desirablee0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“biofabrics may be useful in situations where soil warming is not desirable (e.g., warmer climates), but moisture conservation and weed control are essential”
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 BK-1-270 biofabric eliminated weed competition.
- 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.