Claim · model-written summary
White-on-black mulch reduced RZT with peppers relative to unmulched soil.
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e0“White-on-black mulch film used in combination with tomatoes, peppers or carrots led to a reduction in RZT relative to soil without mulch that became greater than the temperature of soil without mulch.”
Title
Kayla Snyder; Christopher Murray; Bryon Wolff Open Agriculture 2020. doi:10.1515/opag-2020-0028
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Black mulch with pepper yielded root-zone temperature similar to uncovered soil.
- Intervention effect Black mulch with carrot yielded root-zone temperature similar to uncovered soil.
- Intervention effect Black mulch with tomato reduced root-zone temperature relative to bare soil, increasingly with plant shade.
- Intervention effect White-on-black mulch reduced RZT with tomatoes relative to unmulched soil.
- Intervention effect White-on-black mulch reduced RZT with carrots relative to unmulched soil.
- Intervention effect Except for white-on-black with tomatoes, mulch and plant combinations stabilized soil moisture relative to bare soil.