Intervention effectmodel-written summary

Mulching had no deleterious effect on the growth or yield of potatoes.

A claim from Effects of Aluminum Foil Mulches upon Abundance of Aphids on, and Yield of Potatoes in Northeastern Maine12 · 1972

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Mulching had no deleterious effect on the growth or yield of potatoes.

Taxon
PotatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
Treatment
Mulchinge4
Outcome
growth or yielde4
Direction
no deleterious effecte4

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e4

“Mulching had no deleterious effect upon growth or yield of potatoes”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 463–530
t0

“Potatoes”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 75–83

Title

Effects of Aluminum Foil Mulches upon Abundance of Aphids on, and Yield of Potatoes in Northeastern Maine12

W. A. Shands; Geddes W. Simpson Journal of Economic Entomology 1972. doi:10.1093/jee/65.2.507

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mulching · yield · Solanum tuberosum (potato)Results differ

64 papers: 57 positive, 7 negative or no effect

6 papers in the same direction as this claim · 57 in the opposite direction

  1. positive
    Potato tuber yield was greater under on-ridge planting with full mulch (T2), followed by on-ridge planting with half mulch (T4).

    Analysis on Fungal Diversity in Rhizosphere Soil of Continuous Cropping Potato Subjected to Different Furrow-Ridge Mulching Managements · 2017

    Opposite direction

  2. positive
    APM mulch significantly increased total and first-quality tuber yield compared with bare soil.

    Colored plastic mulches affect soil temperature and tuber production of potato · 2011 · compared with control plants

    Opposite direction

  3. positive
    Mulched plots had significantly greater final tuber yield than plots without mulch in both years.

    Colorado Potato Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Population Development and Effects on Yield of Potatoes With and Without Straw Mulch · 1990 · compared with plots without mulch

    Opposite direction

  4. positive
    Mulching increased potato tuber yield by an average of 24% versus no mulching.

    Mulching-Induced Changes in Tuber Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Potato in China: A Meta-Analysis · 2019 · compared with no mulching

    Opposite direction

  5. positive
    RFM significantly increased the ratio of large tuber to total tuber yield (RBT) in potato; RBT was 66.7% for RFM versus 44.0% for CK.

    Does Plastic Mulch Improve Crop Yield in Semiarid Farmland at High Altitude? · 2015 · compared with CK

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    Black polyethylene mulch increased total tuber number and yield.

    Influence of Drip Irrigation and Mulch on Leaf Area Maximization, Water Use Efficiency and Yield of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) · 2011

    Opposite direction

  7. positive
    Mulching significantly increased potato tuber yield in 2018 by 3.7–20.77% versus FP.

    Plastic film mulching with ridge planting alters soil chemical and biological properties to increase potato yields in semiarid Northwest China · 2022 · compared with FP

    Opposite direction

  8. positive
    Both types of mulch increased potato yield relative to the control.

    Effects of Straw and Leaf Mulches and Trickle Irrigation on the Abundance of Colorado Potato Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on Potato in Connecticut · 1993 · compared with the control

    Opposite 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.