Claim · model-written summary
Paper-oil mulches containing carbon black effectively blocked nutsedge growth.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- Paper-oil mulches containing carbon blacke1
- Interactor
- nutsedgee1weed
- Outcome
- nutsedge growthe1
- Direction
- blockede1
- Comparator
- black polyethylene mulche1
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Biodegradable mulches made from kraft paper coated with polymerized (cured) vegetable oils were compared to black polyethylene mulches for promoting the growth of watermelon in northern Florida”
e1“Paper-oil mulches containing carbon black effectively blocked nutsedge growth, while nutsedge pierced and grew through the black polyethylene mulch”
Title
Field Evaluation of Watermelon Grown on Paper-Polymerized Vegetable Oil Mulches
Randal L. Shogren; Robert C. Hochmuth HortScience 2004. doi:10.21273/hortsci.39.7.1588
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Watermelon yields on paper-soy oil and paper-linseed oil mulches were similar to yields on polyethylene control mulches.
- Intervention effect Nutsedge pierced and grew through the black polyethylene mulch.
- Intervention effect Buried paper-soy oil mulch degraded more rapidly initially than paper-linseed oil mulch.
- Observation Both paper-oil mulches lasted about 2.5 months, long enough to hold the mulch in place until spring harvests.
- Recommendation Paper coated with polymerized vegetable oil appears to be an effective substitute for polyethylene mulch for growing watermelon in Florida.
- Observation Paper-oil mulches have drawbacks in handling, application speed and initial cost relative to polyethylene.
- Observation Curing and degradation rates of paper-oil mulches vary with soil and weather conditions.