Abstract
Field experiment was carried out in the experimental field of Horticulture department, IGKV, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) during the year 2003–2006. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with four treatments i.e. 1) Red plastic mulch, 2) Black plastic mulch, 3) White plastic mulch and 4) Surface irrigation without mulch was treated as control (recommended cultivation). The experiment was laid out to assess their importance as mulching component in Tomato cultivation. The study revealed that drip irrigation with red plastic mulch of 25-micron thickness showed superior yield and yield attributing characters as compared to other mulched treatments. The yield of tomato in red plastic mulch, black plastic mulch, white plastic mulch and control plots were 335.75, 324.62 312.18 and 230.72 q/ha respectively. These results showed that the red, black and white plastic mulch increased the yield of tomato by 45.52, 40.06 and 35.30% respectively over the control. The vegetative growth flowering and quality parameters were best under red-mulched plants as camped to control. Water use efficiency and water savings were found to be highest under red plastic mulch and lowest under non-mulch condition. The net income was recorded higher under red plastic mulch (Rs.85800) and lowest in without plastic mulch (Rs. 38020). Similarly benefit cost ratio was also recorded most economical in red plastic mulch as compared to non-mulch condition.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch yielded 335.75 q/ha, a 45.52% increase over control.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- red plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- yield of tomatoe1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 45.52e1
- Qualifier
- 335.75e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato”
e0“red plastic mulch, black plastic mulch, white plastic mulch and control plots were 335.75, 324.62 312.18 and 230.72 q/ha respectively.”
e1“red, black and white plastic mulch increased the yield of tomato by 45.52, 40.06 and 35.30% respectively over the control.”
Claim · model-written summary
Black mulch increased tomato yield by 40.06% over control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Black plastic mulche1
- Outcome
- yield of tomatoe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 40.06e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“red, black and white plastic mulch increased the yield of tomato by 45.52, 40.06 and 35.30% respectively over the control.”
e1“Red plastic mulch, 2) Black plastic mulch, 3) White plastic mulch”
Claim · model-written summary
White mulch increased tomato yield by 35.30% over control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- White plastic mulche1
- Outcome
- yield of tomatoe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 35.30%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“red, black and white plastic mulch increased the yield of tomato by 45.52, 40.06 and 35.30% respectively over the control.”
e1“White plastic mulch”
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch gave the best vegetative growth, flowering and quality compared with control.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- red-mulchede0
- Outcome
- vegetative growth flowering and quality parameterse0
- Direction
- beste0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato”
e0“The vegetative growth flowering and quality parameters were best under red-mulched plants as camped to control.”
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch had the highest water use efficiency and savings, whereas no mulch had the lowest.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- red plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- Water use efficiency and water savingse0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- non-mulch conditione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato”
e0“Water use efficiency and water savings were found to be highest under red plastic mulch and lowest under non-mulch condition.”
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch had higher net income than no mulch.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- red plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- net incomee0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- Rs.85800e0
- Qualifier
- Rs. 38020e0
- Comparator
- without plastic mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato”
e0“The net income was recorded higher under red plastic mulch (Rs.85800) and lowest in without plastic mulch (Rs. 38020).”
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch had the most economical benefit cost ratio versus no mulch.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- red plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- benefit cost ratioe0
- Direction
- most economicale0
- Comparator
- non-mulch conditione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato”
e0“benefit cost ratio was also recorded most economical in red plastic mulch as compared to non-mulch condition.”
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