Abstract
Abstract The effect of soil solarization (solar heating of soil using clear plastic during a summer fallow period) on consecutive cropping of bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) and muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L.) was investigated. Raised beds were mulched with 40 µm clear polyethylene film in July, irrigated, and left undisturbed for one month. The plastic then was either removed or pigmented and left in place as a mulch. Solarization increased marketable yield of fall-grown bell pepper 20% when compared to conventional, nonsolarized culture. Where the solarizing plastic was pigmented and left in place as a mulch, pepper yield was 53% higher than in nonsolarized plots. There was a significant residual solarization effect on marketable yield of muskmelon grown the following spring. Increased pepper and melon yields were attributable to increased fruit number rather than fruit weight. Solarization did not influence earliness.
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Claim · model-written summary
Solarization increased marketable yield of fall-grown bell pepper by 20% compared with nonsolarized culture.
Verbatim
e0“on consecutive cropping of bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) and muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L.) was investigated”
e1“Solarization increased marketable yield of fall-grown bell pepper 20% when compared to conventional, nonsolarized culture”
Claim · model-written summary
Solarizing plastic left in place as a mulch raised pepper yield by 53% over nonsolarized plots.
Verbatim
e0“on consecutive cropping of bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) and muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L.) was investigated”
e2“Where the solarizing plastic was pigmented and left in place as a mulch, pepper yield was 53% higher than in nonsolarized plots”
Claim · model-written summary
Residual solarization had a significant effect on marketable yield of muskmelon grown the following spring.
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- muskmelon
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Cucumis meloe3 - Treatment
- solarizatione3
- Outcome
- marketable yielde3
- Qualifier
- the following springe3
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Verbatim
e3“There was a significant residual solarization effect on marketable yield of muskmelon grown the following spring”
Claim · model-written summary
Increased pepper and melon yields were attributed to increased fruit number rather than fruit weight.
Verbatim
e0“on consecutive cropping of bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) and muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L.) was investigated”
e4“Increased pepper and melon yields were attributable to increased fruit number rather than fruit weight”
Claim · model-written summary
Solarization did not influence earliness of bell pepper.
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Verbatim
e0“on consecutive cropping of bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) and muskmelon ( Cucumis melo L.) was investigated”
e5“Solarization did not influence earliness”
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