Abstract
Frequent furrow irrigation of fresh market tomatoes, on a sandy loam soil, caused the soil surface to seal, greatly restricting water penetration into the plant root zone. Water penetration in furrows was adequate throughout the season if the frequency of irrigation was lowered. A drip irrigation system maintains not only a desirable soil moisture distribution, but also the cultural advantage of a dry surface area for foot traffic of harvesters that improves their efficiency and reduces soil compaction.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Frequent furrow irrigation sealed the soil surface and restricted water penetration into the tomato root zone.
- Taxon
- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- Frequent furrow irrigatione0
- Outcome
- water penetration into the plant root zonee0
- Direction
- restrictinge0
- Setting
- sandy loam soile0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Frequent furrow irrigation of fresh market tomatoes, on a sandy loam soil, caused the soil surface to seal, greatly restricting water penetration into the plant root zone.”
Claim · model-written summary
Reducing furrow irrigation frequency maintained adequate water penetration throughout the season.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- frequency of irrigation was lowerede0
- Outcome
- Water penetration in furrowse0
- Direction
- adequatee0
- Qualifier
- throughout the seasone0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Water penetration in furrows was adequate throughout the season if the frequency of irrigation was lowered.”
t0“Tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation maintained a desirable soil moisture distribution.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- drip irrigation systeme0
- Outcome
- soil moisture distributione0
- Direction
- desirablee0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A drip irrigation system maintains not only a desirable soil moisture distribution, but also the cultural advantage of a dry surface area for foot traffic of harvesters that improves their efficiency and reduces soil compaction.”
t0“Tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation maintained a dry surface for harvester traffic, improving efficiency.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- drip irrigation systeme0
- Outcome
- efficiencye0
- Direction
- improvese0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A drip irrigation system maintains not only a desirable soil moisture distribution, but also the cultural advantage of a dry surface area for foot traffic of harvesters that improves their efficiency and reduces soil compaction.”
t0“Tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip irrigation reduced soil compaction associated with harvester traffic.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- drip irrigation systeme0
- Outcome
- soil compactione0
- Direction
- reducese0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A drip irrigation system maintains not only a desirable soil moisture distribution, but also the cultural advantage of a dry surface area for foot traffic of harvesters that improves their efficiency and reduces soil compaction.”
t0“Tomatoes”
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