Abstract
SUMMARY Two types of experiments on the potato crop ( Solanum tuberosum ) were conducted in the lowlands of Burundi, one on the use of rice straw mulch and another on planting densities. Contrary to what was expected, effects of mulch were evident on plant emergence only, tuber yield and components being unaffected. This might be due to the use of heat tolerant genotypes. At the same time, the yields obtained with four different plant population densities corresponding to four distances between rows did not differ significantly according to the ANOVA analysis. However, a very strong correlation was found between tuber yield and distance between rows. This trial allowed us to achieve a tuber yield never previously reached in the lowlands of Burundi: an average of 23.5 t ha −1 of fresh matter equivalent to 4.2 t ha −1 of dry matter was obtained.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Rice straw mulch affected potato plant emergence.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosume1 - Treatment
- rice straw mulche1
- Outcome
- plant emergencee2
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e1“Two types of experiments on the potato crop ( Solanum tuberosum ) were conducted in the lowlands of Burundi, one on the use of rice straw mulch and another on planting densities”
e2“effects of mulch were evident on plant emergence only, tuber yield and components being unaffected”
Claim · model-written summary
Rice straw mulch did not change potato tuber yield and components.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- rice straw mulche1
- Outcome
- tuber yield and componentse2
- Direction
- unaffectede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Two types of experiments on the potato crop ( Solanum tuberosum ) were conducted in the lowlands of Burundi, one on the use of rice straw mulch and another on planting densities”
e2“effects of mulch were evident on plant emergence only, tuber yield and components being unaffected”
Claim · model-written summary
Four potato planting densities at different row distances did not differ significantly in yield.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- four different plant population densitiese3
- Outcome
- yieldse3
- Direction
- did not differe3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Two types of experiments on the potato crop ( Solanum tuberosum ) were conducted in the lowlands of Burundi, one on the use of rice straw mulch and another on planting densities”
e3“the yields obtained with four different plant population densities corresponding to four distances between rows did not differ significantly according to the ANOVA analysis”
Claim · model-written summary
Potato tuber yield was strongly correlated with distance between rows.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Treatment
- distance between rowse4
- Outcome
- tuber yielde4
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Two types of experiments on the potato crop ( Solanum tuberosum ) were conducted in the lowlands of Burundi, one on the use of rice straw mulch and another on planting densities”
e4“a very strong correlation was found between tuber yield and distance between rows”
Claim · model-written summary
The trial reached an average potato tuber yield of 23.5 t ha −1 of fresh matter in the Burundi lowlands.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Outcome
- tuber yielde5
- Value
- 23.5 t ha −1 of fresh mattere5
- Qualifier
- never previously reachede5
- Setting
- lowlands of Burundie5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Two types of experiments on the potato crop ( Solanum tuberosum ) were conducted in the lowlands of Burundi, one on the use of rice straw mulch and another on planting densities”
e5“This trial allowed us to achieve a tuber yield never previously reached in the lowlands of Burundi: an average of 23.5 t ha −1 of fresh matter equivalent to 4.2 t ha −1 of dry matter was obtained”
Claim · model-written summary
The trial reached an average potato tuber yield of 4.2 t ha −1 of dry matter.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume1
- Outcome
- tuber yielde5
- Value
- 4.2 t ha −1 of dry mattere5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Two types of experiments on the potato crop ( Solanum tuberosum ) were conducted in the lowlands of Burundi, one on the use of rice straw mulch and another on planting densities”
e5“This trial allowed us to achieve a tuber yield never previously reached in the lowlands of Burundi: an average of 23.5 t ha −1 of fresh matter equivalent to 4.2 t ha −1 of dry matter was obtained”
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