Abstract
Mulching moistened soil with transparent polyethylene sheets, during the hot season, caused an increase in soil temp. which resulted in the control of weeds and soilborne diseases. This solar heating technique was tested in 2 field experiments during 1976-78, in soils naturally infested with S. rolfsii. Soils, mulched for 6 weeks during July-Aug., were sown with groundnut the next spring. This resulted in a significant decrease in the number of diseased plants, rotten pods and weeds, and an increase of 52.8 and 123.5% in the total yield and quality of the crops, respectively. Maintenance of high soil moisture under mulching, or using a drip system, or mulching after a single irrigation, produced similar results. Solar heating also reduced colonization of pods by Aspergillus spp.ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT:Mulching moistened soil with transparent polythene sheets so that solar heating raised soil temp. was tested for the control of weeds and soil-borne diseases in field trials in 1976-8 in soils naturally infected with Sclerotium rolfsii. Soils mulched for 6 wk in July-Aug. and then sown with groundnuts the following spring showed significant decreases in the percentage of diseased plants, rotten pods and weeds and an increase of 52.8% and 123.5% in total yield and crop quality, resp.ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT:Mulching moistened soil with transparent polythene sheets so that solar heating raised soil temp. was tested for the control of weeds and soil-borne diseases in field trials in 1976-8 in soils naturally infected with Sclerotium rolfsii. Soils mulched for 6 wk in July-Aug. and then sown with groundnuts the following spring showed significant decreases in the percentage of diseased plants, rotten pods and weeds and an increase of 52.8% and 123.5% in total yield and crop quality, resp
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Solar mulching raised soil temperature.
- Taxon
- peanuts
Arachis hypogaeat0 - Treatment
- Mulching moistened soil with transparent polyethylene sheetse0
- Outcome
- soil temp.e0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mulching moistened soil with transparent polyethylene sheets, during the hot season, caused an increase in soil temp.”
t0“peanuts”
Claim · model-written summary
Solar mulching significantly decreased diseased groundnut plants.
- Taxon
- groundnutArachis hypogaeae1
- Treatment
- mulched for 6 weekse1
- Interactor
- S. rolfsii
Agroathelia rolfsiie2pathogen - Outcome
- number of diseased plantse0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“This resulted in a significant decrease in the number of diseased plants, rotten pods and weeds”
e1“Soils, mulched for 6 weeks during July-Aug., were sown with groundnut the next spring.”
e2“soils naturally infested with S. rolfsii”
t0“peanuts”
Claim · model-written summary
Solar mulching significantly decreased rotten groundnut pods.
- Taxon
- peanutsArachis hypogaeat0
- Treatment
- mulched for 6 weekse1
- Outcome
- rotten podse0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“This resulted in a significant decrease in the number of diseased plants, rotten pods and weeds”
e1“Soils, mulched for 6 weeks during July-Aug., were sown with groundnut the next spring.”
t0“peanuts”
Claim · model-written summary
Solar mulching significantly decreased weeds.
- Taxon
- peanutsArachis hypogaeat0
- Treatment
- mulched for 6 weekse1
- Outcome
- weedse0
- Direction
- decreasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“This resulted in a significant decrease in the number of diseased plants, rotten pods and weeds”
e1“Soils, mulched for 6 weeks during July-Aug., were sown with groundnut the next spring.”
t0“peanuts”
Claim · model-written summary
Solar mulching increased total groundnut yield by 52.8%.
- Taxon
- peanutsArachis hypogaeat0
- Treatment
- mulched for 6 weekse1
- Outcome
- total yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 52.8%e2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“an increase of 52.8 and 123.5% in the total yield and quality of the crops, respectively”
e1“Soils, mulched for 6 weeks during July-Aug., were sown with groundnut the next spring.”
e2“an increase of 52.8% and 123.5% in total yield and crop quality, resp.”
t0“peanuts”
Claim · model-written summary
Solar mulching increased crop quality by 123.5%.
- Taxon
- peanutsArachis hypogaeat0
- Treatment
- mulched for 6 weekse1
- Outcome
- crop qualitye0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 123.5%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“an increase of 52.8% and 123.5% in total yield and crop quality, resp.”
e1“Soils, mulched for 6 weeks during July-Aug., were sown with groundnut the next spring.”
t0“peanuts”
Claim · model-written summary
Maintaining moisture, drip irrigation, and irrigation before mulching produced similar results.
- Taxon
- peanutsArachis hypogaeat0
- Outcome
- similar resultse0
- Qualifier
- Maintenance of high soil moisture under mulching, or using a drip system, or mulching after a single irrigatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Maintenance of high soil moisture under mulching, or using a drip system, or mulching after a single irrigation, produced similar results.”
t0“peanuts”
Claim · model-written summary
Solar heating reduced pod colonization by Aspergillus species.
- Taxon
- peanutsArachis hypogaeat0
- Treatment
- Solar heatinge0
- Interactor
- Aspergillus spp.
Aspergilluse0pathogen - Outcome
- colonization of pods by Aspergillus spp.e0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Solar heating also reduced colonization of pods by Aspergillus spp.”
t0“peanuts”
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