Abstract
Hairy vetch, subterranean clover, polyethylene black mulch (PBM), and Horto paper were evaluated in field-grown fresh market production of tomatoes ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill), cv `Sunny'. Plant mulches were grown in beds in the fall, mowed immediately before planting, and the tomato seedlings were planted without tillage in a low input system. Yields (t.ha -1 ) for hairy vetch, subterranean clover, PBM, Horto paper, and no mulch were 72.1, 46.6, 59.9, 54.0, and 29.8, respectively. Although the tomato plants grown under plant mulches received 50% of the recommended fertilizer application, they produced more vigorous plants than those in other treatments. Plant mulches were effective in controlling growth of weeds and infestation by Colorado potato beetle.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Hairy vetch mulch gave higher tomato yield than no mulch.
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t0“FIELD-GROWN FRESH-MARKET TOMATOES”
e1“Yields (t.ha -1 ) for hairy vetch, subterranean clover, PBM, Horto paper, and no mulch were 72.1, 46.6, 59.9, 54.0, and 29.8, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Subterranean clover mulch gave higher tomato yield than no mulch.
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t0“FIELD-GROWN FRESH-MARKET TOMATOES”
e1“Yields (t.ha -1 ) for hairy vetch, subterranean clover, PBM, Horto paper, and no mulch were 72.1, 46.6, 59.9, 54.0, and 29.8, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Polyethylene black mulch (PBM) gave higher tomato yield than no mulch.
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t0“FIELD-GROWN FRESH-MARKET TOMATOES”
e1“Yields (t.ha -1 ) for hairy vetch, subterranean clover, PBM, Horto paper, and no mulch were 72.1, 46.6, 59.9, 54.0, and 29.8, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Horto paper mulch gave higher tomato yield than no mulch.
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t0“FIELD-GROWN FRESH-MARKET TOMATOES”
e1“Yields (t.ha -1 ) for hairy vetch, subterranean clover, PBM, Horto paper, and no mulch were 72.1, 46.6, 59.9, 54.0, and 29.8, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Plant mulches made tomato plants more vigorous than other treatments, although plants received 50% of the recommended fertilizer.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume2 - Treatment
- plant mulchese2
- Outcome
- vigorous plantse2
- Direction
- moree2
- Qualifier
- received 50% of the recommended fertilizer applicatione2
- Comparator
- other treatmentse2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“FIELD-GROWN FRESH-MARKET TOMATOES”
e2“Although the tomato plants grown under plant mulches received 50% of the recommended fertilizer application, they produced more vigorous plants than those in other treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Plant mulches were effective in controlling weed growth and infestation by Colorado potato beetle.
- Taxon
- TOMATOESt0
- Treatment
- Plant mulchese3
- Interactor
- weedse3weed
- Second interactor
- Colorado potato beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineatae3pest - Outcome
- growth of weeds and infestation by Colorado potato beetlee3
- Direction
- effectivee3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“FIELD-GROWN FRESH-MARKET TOMATOES”
e3“Plant mulches were effective in controlling growth of weeds and infestation by Colorado potato beetle”
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