Claim · model-written summary
Silver/black mulch gave maximum water use efficiency.
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Verbatim
e0“water use efficiency (4.96 kg ha -1 -mm)”
t0“Chilli”
e1“The plants grown on silver/black mulch produced Maximum plant heights (48.83 cm.), primary branches/plant (13.74), secondary branches/plant (21.13), early flowering (17.19), fruit length (8.74 cm), Fruit diameter (0.88 cm), average weight of fruit (4.49 g), number of fruits/plant (155.25), fruit yield/plant (744.14 g), Fruit yield per plot (11.82 kg), Ascorbic acid (269.07 mg/100 g), water use efficiency (4.96 kg ha -1 -mm), moisture depletion pattern % and soil temperature under different stages.”
e2“Under without mulch condition, recorded maximum days taken to 50% flowering (24.58), maximum total soluble solids (2.38 o Brix), weeds fresh weight (41.49 g) and weeds dry weight (11.48 g).”
Title
Pankaj Maida; Umesh Kumar Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2020
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- Intervention effect Coloured mulches warmed soil relative to bare soil by 2 to 4˚C.
- Intervention effect Black mulch gave the highest soil temperature, 20.63.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch gave maximum plant heights.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch gave maximum primary branches/plant.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch gave maximum secondary branches/plant.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch gave maximum early flowering.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch gave maximum fruit length.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch gave maximum Fruit diameter.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch gave maximum average weight of fruit.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch gave maximum number of fruits/plant.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch gave maximum fruit yield/plant.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch gave maximum Fruit yield per plot.
- Intervention effect Silver/black mulch gave maximum Ascorbic acid.
- Intervention effect Without mulch gave maximum days taken to 50% flowering.
- Intervention effect Without mulch gave maximum total soluble solids.
- Intervention effect Without mulch gave maximum weeds fresh weight.
- Intervention effect Without mulch gave maximum weeds dry weight.
- Recommendation Black and silver/black plastic mulch may be alternatives for weed control and chilli yield.