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The authors advise using higher paddy straw mulch doses to reduce soil temperature in June and July sowings.
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e0“efforts should be made to reduce the soil temperature using higher doses of PSM”
t0“Round gourd”
Title
Manpreet Singh; Naveen Garg; Brijesh Kumar Yadav; et al. Journal of Crop Improvement 2026. doi:10.1080/15427528.2026.2613304
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- Association Sowing date, mulch, and their interaction significantly affected all measured parameters.
- Association Sowing date by mulch interactions were not significant for fruit nutrient concentrations in either year.
- Intervention effect All three mulches increased fruit and plant nutrient concentrations relative to bare soil at every sowing time.
- Association Nutrient concentration increases did not correlate positively with total nutrient uptake, biomass or fruit yield increases.
- Association Soil temperature was more decisive than nutrient concentration increases for improving fruit yield.
- Association Fruit yield correlated positively with N, P and K uptake at all sowing times except P uptake in DS4 and DS5.
- Recommendation The authors advise avoiding extra P fertilizer at June and July sowings.