Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene gave the lowest dry weed biomass (5.5 g/m2) in tomato plots.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- black polythenee5
- Outcome
- dry weed biomasse5
- Direction
- loweste5
- Value
- 5.5 g/m2e5
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“response of a tomato crop to three planting systems and three mulch materials”
e5“The lowest dry weed biomass (5.5 g/m2) was recorded under black polythene”
Title
Anant Bahadur; Arshdeep Singh; Keshav Singh Indian Journal of Horticulture 2013
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- Intervention effect Planting systems significantly influenced soil moisture regimes, weed growth and water use efficiency in tomato.
- Intervention effect Planting systems did not affect tomato yield and other parameters.
- Intervention effect Black polythene and paddy straw mulch gave significantly higher soil water tensions (−56.6 to -38.4 kPa) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Black polythene and paddy straw mulch gave significantly higher moisture in the soil profile (15.1–18.4%) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Paddy straw mulch gave the maximum leaf area (0.426 m2/plant) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Paddy straw mulch gave the maximum specific leaf area (8.47 mg/cm2) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Paddy straw mulch gave the maximum fruit yield (400.08 q/ha) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Paddy straw mulch gave the maximum water use efficiency (96.58 kg/ha-mm) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Black polythene saved 17% water compared with the unmulched control in tomato.
- Intervention effect Transparent polythene saved 11.3% water compared with the unmulched control in tomato.
- Intervention effect Paddy straw mulch saved 15.4% water compared with the unmulched control in tomato.
- Intervention effect Furrow irrigated raised bed saved 36% water compared with flat bed planting in tomato.
- Intervention effect Raised bed planting with paddy straw mulching gave the maximum dry matter production (231.03 g/plant) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Raised bed planting with paddy straw mulching gave the maximum fruit yield (449.36 q/ha) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Raised bed planting with paddy straw mulching gave the maximum water use efficiency (143.57 kg/ha-mm) in tomato.
- Intervention effect Raised bed planting with paddy straw mulching saved 49% water compared with the absolute control in tomato.
- Intervention effect Raised bed planting with paddy straw mulching gave 55% higher yield than the absolute control in tomato.