Abstract
In sub-humid areas supplementary irrigation is a rather important precondition for the commercial cultivation of berries. But due to the high price of irrigation systems and low incomes, some farmers prefer alternative approaches to irrigation systems. Mulching is considered the most important cultural practice as it plays an essential role in soil moisture conservation. In order to clarify and evaluate the influence of mulching in sub-humid areas on active soil water amounts, depletion during vegetation, our the investigation was conducted in a strawberry field (54o88’N, 23o09’E) on light loam (IDg4-k) soils. Chopped wheat straw and black plastic were used as organic and non-organic mulches. The present study revealed that the soil moisture content differed significantly and appropriate mulching of top soil layer was quite useful in the field to accelerate growth and get high fruit yield. The highest average weight-based soil moisture content of the active soil layer (0-40) within three years was 18.0% in the field mulched with straw, while the lowest one, 16.2%, was in the field without mulching; in the plot mulched with black polyethylene it was 16.5%. The yield of two years gained from the field mulched with the black polyethylene layer was higher by 60% than that in the nonmulched field and by 56% in comparison to the yield in the plot mulched with straw.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Straw mulch gave the highest average soil moisture content (18.0%) in the active soil layer within three years, compared with 16.2% without mulching.
- Taxon
- strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassat0 - Treatment
- mulched with strawe2
- Outcome
- soil moisture contente2
- Direction
- higheste2
- Value
- 18.0%e2
- Qualifier
- within three yearse2
- Comparator
- without mulchinge2
- Setting
- sub-humid arease0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“strawberry yield”
e0“In sub-humid areas supplementary irrigation is a rather important precondition for the commercial cultivation of berries”
e2“The highest average weight-based soil moisture content of the active soil layer (0-40) within three years was 18.0% in the field mulched with straw, while the lowest one, 16.2%, was in the field without mulching; in the plot mulched with black polyethylene it was 16.5%”
Claim · model-written summary
Appropriate mulching of the top soil layer significantly affected soil moisture content.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- appropriate mulching of top soil layere1
- Outcome
- soil moisture contente1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“strawberry yield”
e1“The present study revealed that the soil moisture content differed significantly and appropriate mulching of top soil layer was quite useful in the field to accelerate growth and get high fruit yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Appropriate mulching of the top soil layer accelerated strawberry growth.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- appropriate mulching of top soil layere1
- Outcome
- growthe1
- Direction
- acceleratee1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“strawberry yield”
e1“The present study revealed that the soil moisture content differed significantly and appropriate mulching of top soil layer was quite useful in the field to accelerate growth and get high fruit yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Appropriate mulching of the top soil layer gave high strawberry fruit yield.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- appropriate mulching of top soil layere1
- Outcome
- fruit yielde1
- Direction
- highe1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“strawberry yield”
e1“The present study revealed that the soil moisture content differed significantly and appropriate mulching of top soil layer was quite useful in the field to accelerate growth and get high fruit yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Yield from the black polyethylene mulched field was higher by 60% than from the nonmulched field over two years.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- mulched with the black polyethylene layere3
- Outcome
- yielde3
- Direction
- highere3
- Value
- 60%e3
- Qualifier
- two yearse3
- Comparator
- nonmulched fielde3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“strawberry yield”
e3“The yield of two years gained from the field mulched with the black polyethylene layer was higher by 60% than that in the nonmulched field and by 56% in comparison to the yield in the plot mulched with straw”
Claim · model-written summary
Yield from the black polyethylene mulched field was higher by 56% than from the straw mulched plot over two years.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- mulched with the black polyethylene layere3
- Outcome
- yielde3
- Direction
- highere3
- Value
- 56%e3
- Qualifier
- two yearse3
- Comparator
- the plot mulched with strawe3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“strawberry yield”
e3“The yield of two years gained from the field mulched with the black polyethylene layer was higher by 60% than that in the nonmulched field and by 56% in comparison to the yield in the plot mulched with straw”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil moisture content in the black polyethylene mulched plot was 16.5%.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Outcome
- soil moisture contente2
- Value
- 16.5%e2
- Qualifier
- mulched with black polyethylenee2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“strawberry yield”
e2“The highest average weight-based soil moisture content of the active soil layer (0-40) within three years was 18.0% in the field mulched with straw, while the lowest one, 16.2%, was in the field without mulching; in the plot mulched with black polyethylene it was 16.5%”
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