Abstract
ABSTRACT By maintaining proper moisture and reducing daily temperature fluctuations, mulching improves soil conditions for plant growth and development, resulting in a positive effect on the vegetable yield. The chemical composition of vegetables is genetically determined as well as being modified by factors affecting the plant during growth, and particularly climatic conditions and agro-technology practices. The effects of soil mulching with rye, corn, rape and buckwheat straw at a dose of 10 and 20 t ha -1 on the yield and changes of selected components of nutritive value in ‘Milady’ F 1 broccoli and ‘Polfast’ F 1 tomato were investigated. The effect of straw was compared to a control plot without mulch. The yield of the vegetables and their chemical composition depended to a higher degree on weather conditions in the years of study. 2010 was the most favourable for broccoli yielding and 2011 for tomato. More nutrients components in heads and fruits were found in 2011 and 2012, which were characterised by favourable rainfall distribution. All straws applied in the experiment, irrespective of dosage, caused an increase in broccoli yield. However, soil mulching with straw at a dose of 10 t ha -1 was better for tomato yielding. Soil mulching with rye, corn and buckwheat straw increased the share of marketable yield in the total yield of broccoli and rye straw as well as the share of marketable yield of tomato. Mulching with rape and buckwheat straw decreased dry matter content in the edible parts of the vegetables. Mulch with rye straw contributed to a decreased content of ascorbic acid in heads and fruits and also caused a slight reduction in tomato flesh acidity. However, soil mulching with corn and rape straw caused an increase in total sugars and monosaccharide content in broccoli and tomato.
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Claims 12
Claim · model-written summary
All straw mulches, irrespective of dose, increased broccoli yield.
- Taxon
- broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italicae0 - Treatment
- All straws applied in the experimente0
- Outcome
- broccoli yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“All straws applied in the experiment, irrespective of dosage, caused an increase in broccoli yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil mulching with straw at 10 t/ha was better for tomato yielding.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- soil mulching with straw at a dose of 10 t ha -1e0
- Outcome
- tomato yieldinge0
- Direction
- bettere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“soil mulching with straw at a dose of 10 t ha -1 was better for tomato yielding”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil mulching with rye, corn and buckwheat straw increased the share of marketable yield in the total yield of broccoli.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicae0
- Treatment
- rye, corn and buckwheat strawe0
- Outcome
- share of marketable yield in the total yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Soil mulching with rye, corn and buckwheat straw increased the share of marketable yield in the total yield of broccoli and rye straw as well as the share of marketable yield of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil mulching with rye straw increased the share of marketable yield of tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- rye strawe0
- Outcome
- share of marketable yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Soil mulching with rye, corn and buckwheat straw increased the share of marketable yield in the total yield of broccoli and rye straw as well as the share of marketable yield of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching with rape and buckwheat straw decreased dry matter content in the edible parts of broccoli and tomato.
- Taxon
- vegetablese0
- Organ / stage
- edible partse0
- Treatment
- Mulching with rape and buckwheat strawe0
- Outcome
- dry matter contente0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Mulching with rape and buckwheat straw decreased dry matter content in the edible parts of the vegetables”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulch with rye straw decreased ascorbic acid content in broccoli heads and tomato fruits.
- Taxon
- broccoli and tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumBrassica oleracea var. italicat0
- Organ / stage
- heads and fruitse0
- Treatment
- Mulch with rye strawe0
- Outcome
- content of ascorbic acide0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mulch with rye straw contributed to a decreased content of ascorbic acid in heads and fruits”
t0“broccoli and tomatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulch with rye straw caused a slight reduction in tomato flesh acidity.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Mulch with rye strawe0
- Outcome
- tomato flesh aciditye0
- Direction
- slight reductione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mulch with rye straw contributed to a decreased content of ascorbic acid in heads and fruits and also caused a slight reduction in tomato flesh acidity”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil mulching with corn and rape straw increased total sugars and monosaccharide content in broccoli and tomato.
- Taxon
- broccoli and tomatoSolanum lycopersicumBrassica oleracea var. italicae0
- Treatment
- soil mulching with corn and rape strawe0
- Outcome
- total sugars and monosaccharide contente0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“soil mulching with corn and rape straw caused an increase in total sugars and monosaccharide content in broccoli and tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Yield and chemical composition of the vegetables depended to a higher degree on weather conditions in the study years.
- Taxon
- vegetablese0
- Treatment
- weather conditionse0
- Outcome
- yield of the vegetables and their chemical compositione0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“The yield of the vegetables and their chemical composition depended to a higher degree on weather conditions in the years of study”
Claim · model-written summary
2010 was the most favourable year for broccoli yielding.
- Taxon
- broccoliBrassica oleracea var. italicae0
- Outcome
- yieldinge0
- Qualifier
- 2010 was the most favourablee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“2010 was the most favourable for broccoli yielding and 2011 for tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
2011 was the most favourable year for tomato yielding.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- yieldinge0
- Qualifier
- 2011e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“2010 was the most favourable for broccoli yielding and 2011 for tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
More nutrient components were found in broccoli heads and tomato fruits in 2011 and 2012, years with favourable rainfall distribution.
- Taxon
- broccoli and tomatoesSolanum lycopersicumBrassica oleracea var. italicat0
- Organ / stage
- heads and fruitse0
- Outcome
- More nutrients componentse0
- Qualifier
- 2011 and 2012e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“More nutrients components in heads and fruits were found in 2011 and 2012, which were characterised by favourable rainfall distribution”
t0“broccoli and tomatoes”
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