Abstract
In Fall 1990 and Spring 1991, the effects of four mulch colors, orange, yellow, aluminum, and white or black (fall or spring) were evaluated in the field on yields of `Sunny' tomato and numbers of insect vectors. In additional treatments, plants on the orange mulch were sprayed weekly with 2% mineral oil, and the yellow mulch was sprayed with soybean oil as needed during the season. In fall, plants were tallest ( P ≤ 0.05) on the aluminum and yellow + oil treatments. The largest number of whiteflys ( Bemisia argentifolii , Bellows and Perring) and the largest proportion of plants with virus symptoms were found on the white and yellow mulches. Fruit size and marketable yields were best with the yellow + oil treatment. In the spring, insect populations were low and only a few plants had virus symptoms. Plant heights, fruit size, and marketable yields were similar with all treatments.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Fall tomato plants were tallest on aluminum mulch and yellow mulch plus oil.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Material
- Sunnye1
- Treatment
- aluminum and yellow + oil treatmentse0
- Outcome
- plants were talleste0
- Direction
- talleste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In fall, plants were tallest ( P ≤ 0.05) on the aluminum and yellow + oil treatments.”
e1“`Sunny' tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Whitefly numbers were largest on white and yellow mulches.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- white and yellow mulchese0
- Interactor
- Bemisia argentifolii
Bemisia argentifoliie0pest - Outcome
- number of whiteflyse0
- Direction
- largeste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The largest number of whiteflys ( Bemisia argentifolii , Bellows and Perring) and the largest proportion of plants with virus symptoms were found on the white and yellow mulches.”
e1“`Sunny' tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Virus symptom prevalence was largest on white and yellow mulches.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- white and yellow mulchese0
- Outcome
- proportion of plants with virus symptomse0
- Direction
- largeste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The largest number of whiteflys ( Bemisia argentifolii , Bellows and Perring) and the largest proportion of plants with virus symptoms were found on the white and yellow mulches.”
e1“`Sunny' tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit size was best with yellow mulch plus oil.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- yellow + oil treatmente0
- Outcome
- Fruit sizee0
- Direction
- beste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit size and marketable yields were best with the yellow + oil treatment.”
e1“`Sunny' tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Marketable yields were best with yellow mulch plus oil.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- yellow + oil treatmente0
- Outcome
- marketable yieldse0
- Direction
- beste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit size and marketable yields were best with the yellow + oil treatment.”
e1“`Sunny' tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Spring insect populations were low.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Outcome
- insect populationse0
- Direction
- lowe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In the spring, insect populations were low”
e1“`Sunny' tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Few spring tomato plants had virus symptoms.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Outcome
- few plants had virus symptomse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“only a few plants had virus symptoms”
e1“`Sunny' tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Spring plant height, fruit size and marketable yield were similar across treatments.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Treatment
- all treatmentse0
- Outcome
- Plant heights, fruit size, and marketable yieldse0
- Direction
- similare0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plant heights, fruit size, and marketable yields were similar with all treatments.”
e1“`Sunny' tomato”
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