Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Organic mulches conserved soil moisture in tomato cultivation.

A claim from Assessment of Crop Residue Mulches on Morphological Traits and Yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) in North Bihar Region · 2019

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Organic mulches conserved soil moisture in tomato cultivation.

Treatment
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Outcome
soil moisture conservatione0

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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“soil moisture conservation”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1176–1202
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“Mulches on Morphological Traits and Yield of Tomato”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 27–78

Title

Assessment of Crop Residue Mulches on Morphological Traits and Yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) in North Bihar Region

Abhishek Pratap Singh; M. D. Ojha; Seema Kumari; et al. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology 2019. doi:10.9734/cjast/2019/v37i630332

Other claims from this paper (4)

Record rev-e955cbab0189e7102d625651a7a6e588bc5c71f7b660b5a3c152fe3109224e54 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 4 in the model’s answer

mulching · soil: physics · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results

31 papers: 29 positive, 2 negative or no effect

28 papers in the same direction as this claim · 2 in the opposite direction

  1. no effect
    Mulch treatments imposed for a single growing season did not affect soil bulk density, steady state water infiltration rate or wet aggregate stability.

    Effects of Mulches on Soil Properties and Tomato Production II. Plant-Available Nitrogen, Organic Matter Input, and Tilth-Related Properties · 1998

    Opposite direction

  2. no effect
    Diffusive plastic film caused no major change in air temperature or relative humidity.

    Microclimatic changes caused by different plastic coverings in greenhouses cultivated with cherry tomato in southern Brazil · 2015

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Organic mulches reduced afternoon soil temperature.

    Effects of Mulches on Soil Properties and Tomato Production I. Soil Temperature, Soil Moisture and Marketable Yield · 1998 · compared with other treatments

    Same direction

  4. positive
    Black plastic mulch gave the highest early-season soil temperature, 2.2 to 3.4°C above bare soil.

    Effect of black plastic mulch on soil temperature and tomato yield in mid hills of Garhwal Himalayas · 2012 · compared with bare soil

    Same direction

  5. positive
    Plant-based mulches were most effective at reducing soil temperature.

    Effects of Three Mulch Types on the Growth and Yield of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and Weed Suppression in Ibadan, Rainforest-savanna Transition Zone of Nigeria · 2010

    Same direction

  6. positive
    Grass mulch improved the soil temperature and moisture regime relative to bare ground.

    Effects of tillage and mulching on the growth, development and yield of late-season tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) in the humid south of Nigeria · 2000 · compared with bare ground

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Mulching enhanced soil moisture at 10 cm depth in tomato.

    Effects of plant density and mulching on the performance of late-season tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) in southern Nigeria · 1999

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Mulching halved the day soil temperature difference relative to unmulched control.

    Effect of Mulching Intensity on the Growth and Yield of Irrigated Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and Weed Infestation in Semi-Arid Zone of Nigeria · 2002 · compared with unmulched control treatment

    Same direction

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.