Abstract
The effects of low black polyethylene tunnels on the performance of 35 strawberry cultivars were investigated at Shimla, India, during 1996-98. Covering beds with black polyethylene hastened flowering by approximately 1 month, prevented soil erosion, reduced weed growth and winter injury, and increased total yields by 20%. Weeding was not required in mulched beds. During summers, the replacement of plastic sheets with anti-hail or anti-bird nets increased the yields and improved fruit quality. Variation in cultivar performance was also observed. Under uncovered conditions, Shimla Delicious gave the highest number of fruits per plant (30) while Etna and Belrubi the highest yield per plant (243.80 and 213.20 q/ha).
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Black polyethylene hastened flowering by approximately one month.
- Taxon
- strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassat0 - Treatment
- black polyethylenee0
- Outcome
- floweringe0
- Direction
- hastenede0
- Value
- approximately 1 monthe0
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Verbatim
e0“Covering beds with black polyethylene hastened flowering by approximately 1 month”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polyethylene prevented soil erosion.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polyethylenee0
- Outcome
- soil erosione0
- Direction
- preventede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Covering beds with black polyethylene hastened flowering by approximately 1 month, prevented soil erosion”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polyethylene reduced weed growth.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polyethylenee0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed growthe0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Covering beds with black polyethylene hastened flowering by approximately 1 month, prevented soil erosion, reduced weed growth”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polyethylene reduced winter injury.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polyethylenee0
- Outcome
- winter injurye0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Covering beds with black polyethylene hastened flowering by approximately 1 month, prevented soil erosion, reduced weed growth and winter injury”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polyethylene increased total yield by 20%.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polyethylenee0
- Outcome
- total yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 20%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Covering beds with black polyethylene hastened flowering by approximately 1 month, prevented soil erosion, reduced weed growth and winter injury, and increased total yields by 20%”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulched beds required no weeding.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- mulched bedse0
- Outcome
- Weedinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Weeding was not required in mulched beds”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Summer anti-hail or anti-bird nets increased yields compared with plastic sheets.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- anti-hail or anti-bird netse0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- plastic sheetse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“During summers, the replacement of plastic sheets with anti-hail or anti-bird nets increased the yields and improved fruit quality”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Summer anti-hail or anti-bird nets improved fruit quality compared with plastic sheets.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- anti-hail or anti-bird netse0
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Comparator
- plastic sheetse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“During summers, the replacement of plastic sheets with anti-hail or anti-bird nets increased the yields and improved fruit quality”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Uncovered Shimla Delicious had the most fruits per plant, 30.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Material
- Shimla Deliciouse0
- Outcome
- number of fruits per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 30e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Under uncovered conditions, Shimla Delicious gave the highest number of fruits per plant (30)”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Etna had high yield per plant, reported as 243.80 q/ha.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Material
- Etnae0
- Outcome
- yield per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 243.80e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Etna and Belrubi the highest yield per plant (243.80 and 213.20 q/ha)”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Belrubi had high yield per plant, reported as 213.20 q/ha.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Material
- Belrubie0
- Outcome
- yield per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 213.20 q/hae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Etna and Belrubi the highest yield per plant (243.80 and 213.20 q/ha)”
t0“strawberry”
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