Claim · model-written summary
Subterranean clover mulch gave higher tomato yield than no mulch.
- Taxon
- TOMATOESt0
- Treatment
- subterranean clovere1
- Outcome
- Yieldse1
- Direction
- higherinferrede1
- Value
- 46.6e1
- Comparator
- no mulche1
- Setting
- FIELD-GROWNt0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleQualifier
Verbatim
t0“FIELD-GROWN FRESH-MARKET TOMATOES”
e1“Yields (t.ha -1 ) for hairy vetch, subterranean clover, PBM, Horto paper, and no mulch were 72.1, 46.6, 59.9, 54.0, and 29.8, respectively”
Title
EVALUATION OF MULCHES IN FIELD-GROWN FRESH-MARKET TOMATOES
Aref A. Abdul-Baki; John R. Teasdale HortScience 1992. doi:10.21273/hortsci.27.6.622a
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