Abstract
The experiment was conducted during dry season of 2016 and 2017 at farmer's field of Kalapara Upazila of Patuakhali district, Bangladesh to develop tools to reduce salinity impact in maize and to reduce salinity induced land degradation. There were five treatments in the experiment having three different color plastic mulch (blue, black and white) and rice straw mulch and a non mulch control (bare soil) treatment. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications. The treatments white, blue and black plastic film mulch, and rice straw much had 149%, 109%, 78% and 25% grain yield increase in 2016, and 173%, 117%, 99% and 47% in 2017 over control, respectively. The white plastic mulch treatment had 4 °C and 3.5 °C higher temperature over rice straw mulch treatment and 2.0 °C higher than the control treatment in 2016 and 2017, respectively. The black plastic mulch had 0.2 and 1.0 °C, and rice straw mulch had 2.0 and 1.5 °C lower temperature than control in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Use of plastic mulch significantly reduces electrical conductivity of soil. In non-mulch treatment sulfur content was extremely high; plastic mulch rather helps to decrease the excess availability of sulfur. The overall results suggest that use of plastic mulch would be a suitable tool for enhancing maize production maintaining good soil health in saline soils.
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Claims 19
Claim · model-written summary
White plastic film mulch increased maize grain yield by 149% over the non-mulch control in 2016.
- Treatment
- whitee1
- Outcome
- grain yielde1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 149%e1
- Qualifier
- in 2016e1
- Comparator
- controle1
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The treatments white, blue and black plastic film mulch, and rice straw much had 149%, 109%, 78% and 25% grain yield increase in 2016, and 173%, 117%, 99% and 47% in 2017 over control, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Blue plastic film mulch increased maize grain yield by 109% over the non-mulch control in 2016.
- Treatment
- bluee1
- Outcome
- grain yielde1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 109%e1
- Qualifier
- in 2016e1
- Comparator
- controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The treatments white, blue and black plastic film mulch, and rice straw much had 149%, 109%, 78% and 25% grain yield increase in 2016, and 173%, 117%, 99% and 47% in 2017 over control, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic film mulch increased maize grain yield by 78% over the non-mulch control in 2016.
- Treatment
- blacke1
- Outcome
- grain yielde1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 78%e1
- Qualifier
- in 2016e1
- Comparator
- controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The treatments white, blue and black plastic film mulch, and rice straw much had 149%, 109%, 78% and 25% grain yield increase in 2016, and 173%, 117%, 99% and 47% in 2017 over control, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Rice straw mulch increased maize grain yield by 25% over the non-mulch control in 2016.
- Treatment
- rice straw muche1
- Outcome
- grain yielde1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 25%e1
- Qualifier
- in 2016e1
- Comparator
- controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The treatments white, blue and black plastic film mulch, and rice straw much had 149%, 109%, 78% and 25% grain yield increase in 2016, and 173%, 117%, 99% and 47% in 2017 over control, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
White plastic film mulch increased maize grain yield by 173% over the non-mulch control in 2017.
- Treatment
- whitee1
- Outcome
- grain yielde1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 173%e1
- Qualifier
- in 2017e1
- Comparator
- controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The treatments white, blue and black plastic film mulch, and rice straw much had 149%, 109%, 78% and 25% grain yield increase in 2016, and 173%, 117%, 99% and 47% in 2017 over control, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Blue plastic film mulch increased maize grain yield by 117% over the non-mulch control in 2017.
- Treatment
- bluee1
- Outcome
- grain yielde1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 117%e1
- Qualifier
- in 2017e1
- Comparator
- controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The treatments white, blue and black plastic film mulch, and rice straw much had 149%, 109%, 78% and 25% grain yield increase in 2016, and 173%, 117%, 99% and 47% in 2017 over control, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic film mulch increased maize grain yield by 99% over the non-mulch control in 2017.
- Treatment
- blacke1
- Outcome
- grain yielde1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 99%e1
- Qualifier
- in 2017e1
- Comparator
- controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The treatments white, blue and black plastic film mulch, and rice straw much had 149%, 109%, 78% and 25% grain yield increase in 2016, and 173%, 117%, 99% and 47% in 2017 over control, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Rice straw mulch increased maize grain yield by 47% over the non-mulch control in 2017.
- Treatment
- rice straw muche1
- Outcome
- grain yielde1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 47%e1
- Qualifier
- in 2017e1
- Comparator
- controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The treatments white, blue and black plastic film mulch, and rice straw much had 149%, 109%, 78% and 25% grain yield increase in 2016, and 173%, 117%, 99% and 47% in 2017 over control, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
White plastic mulch gave a soil temperature 4 °C higher than rice straw mulch in 2016.
- Treatment
- white plastic mulche1
- Outcome
- temperaturee1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 4 °Ce1
- Qualifier
- respectivelye1
- Comparator
- rice straw mulche1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The white plastic mulch treatment had 4 °C and 3.5 °C higher temperature over rice straw mulch treatment and 2.0 °C higher than the control treatment in 2016 and 2017, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
White plastic mulch gave a soil temperature 3.5 °C higher than rice straw mulch in 2017.
- Treatment
- white plastic mulche1
- Outcome
- temperaturee1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 3.5 °Ce1
- Qualifier
- respectivelye1
- Comparator
- rice straw mulche1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The white plastic mulch treatment had 4 °C and 3.5 °C higher temperature over rice straw mulch treatment and 2.0 °C higher than the control treatment in 2016 and 2017, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
White plastic mulch gave a temperature 2.0 °C higher than the control in 2016 and 2017.
- Treatment
- white plastic mulche1
- Outcome
- temperaturee1
- Direction
- highere1
- Value
- 2.0 °Ce1
- Qualifier
- in 2016 and 2017e1
- Comparator
- control treatmente1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The white plastic mulch treatment had 4 °C and 3.5 °C higher temperature over rice straw mulch treatment and 2.0 °C higher than the control treatment in 2016 and 2017, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch gave a temperature 0.2 °C lower than control (first value 2016, second 2017).
- Treatment
- black plastic mulche1
- Outcome
- temperaturee1
- Direction
- lowere1
- Value
- 0.2e1
- Qualifier
- respectivelye1
- Comparator
- controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The black plastic mulch had 0.2 and 1.0 °C, and rice straw mulch had 2.0 and 1.5 °C lower temperature than control in 2016 and 2017, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch gave a temperature 1.0 °C lower than control (first value 2016, second 2017).
- Treatment
- black plastic mulche1
- Outcome
- temperaturee1
- Direction
- lowere1
- Value
- 1.0 °Ce1
- Qualifier
- respectivelye1
- Comparator
- controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The black plastic mulch had 0.2 and 1.0 °C, and rice straw mulch had 2.0 and 1.5 °C lower temperature than control in 2016 and 2017, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Rice straw mulch gave a temperature 2.0 °C lower than control (first value 2016, second 2017).
- Treatment
- rice straw mulche1
- Outcome
- temperaturee1
- Direction
- lowere1
- Value
- 2.0e1
- Qualifier
- respectivelye1
- Comparator
- controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The black plastic mulch had 0.2 and 1.0 °C, and rice straw mulch had 2.0 and 1.5 °C lower temperature than control in 2016 and 2017, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Rice straw mulch gave a temperature 1.5 °C lower than control (first value 2016, second 2017).
- Treatment
- rice straw mulche1
- Outcome
- temperaturee1
- Direction
- lowere1
- Value
- 1.5 °Ce1
- Qualifier
- respectivelye1
- Comparator
- controle1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“The black plastic mulch had 0.2 and 1.0 °C, and rice straw mulch had 2.0 and 1.5 °C lower temperature than control in 2016 and 2017, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulch significantly reduced soil electrical conductivity.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“Use of plastic mulch significantly reduces electrical conductivity of soil”
Claim · model-written summary
Sulfur content was extremely high in the non-mulch treatment.
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“In non-mulch treatment sulfur content was extremely high”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulch helped decrease the excess availability of sulfur.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“reduce salinity impact in maize”
e1“plastic mulch rather helps to decrease the excess availability of sulfur”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend plastic mulch as a suitable tool for enhancing maize production while maintaining soil health in saline soils.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“use of plastic mulch would be a suitable tool for enhancing maize production maintaining good soil health in saline soils”
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