Abstract
Florida strawberry growers frequently relay-crop (RC) vegetables with strawberry to offset high input costs. Relay-cropping consists of planting two crops at different times on the same raised bed which helps growers' lower risk due to diversification and maximize economic returns. Four separate experiments on relay cropping strawberry with jalapeño pepper and cantaloupe were conducted at Balm, Florida, in 2016-17 and 2017-18. The objective was to a) determine the effects of relay-cropping on crop yields, b) optimize pepper and cantaloupe planting date, and c) optimize the strawberry termination date when relay cropping with vegetables. Strawberry yields were unaffected by the presence of vegetables. Pepper yields were unaffected by the presence of strawberries, but cantaloupes yields were significantly (p = 0.0250) lower when planted with strawberry. Early January to early-February were the optimum dates to transplant pepper with strawberries transplanted in October but date of planting did not affect cantaloupe yield. Early January to early-February transplant dates for pepper resulted in net profits of around $23000-38000/ha in 2016-17 compared to the baseline treatment (strawberries alone). However, in 2017-18 all of the planting dates of pepper with strawberry except January 4 resulted in losses of $2000-18000/ha. In 2016-17, cantaloupes planted in late January and early February resulted in profits of $2986.3 and 2705.1/ha, respectively. All other planting dates resulted in loses compared to baseline treatment. In 2017-18, all the planting dates resulted in net profits of around $6700-14500/ha. In conclusion, cantaloupe and jalapeño pepper can be relay cropped with strawberry with no negative effects on strawberry yield. However, early planting dates tend to maximize economic return.
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Claims 13
Claim · model-written summary
Strawberry yields were unaffected by the presence of vegetables.
- Taxon
- Strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassae1 - Treatment
- presence of vegetablese1
- Outcome
- yieldse1
- Direction
- unaffectede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Strawberry yields were unaffected by the presence of vegetables”
Claim · model-written summary
Pepper yields were unaffected by the presence of strawberries.
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e2“Pepper yields were unaffected by the presence of strawberries, but cantaloupes yields were significantly (p = 0.0250) lower when planted with strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Cantaloupe yields were significantly lower when planted with strawberry (p = 0.0250).
- Taxon
- cantaloupes
Cucumis melo var. cantalupoe2 - Treatment
- planted with strawberrye2
- Outcome
- yieldse2
- Direction
- lowere2
- Qualifier
- p = 0.0250e2
Not reportedComparatorValue
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Verbatim
e2“Pepper yields were unaffected by the presence of strawberries, but cantaloupes yields were significantly (p = 0.0250) lower when planted with strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Early January to early February was the optimum transplant date for pepper relay-cropped with strawberry.
Verbatim
e3“Early January to early-February were the optimum dates to transplant pepper with strawberries transplanted in October but date of planting did not affect cantaloupe yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Date of planting did not affect cantaloupe yield.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupoe3
- Treatment
- date of plantinge3
- Outcome
- cantaloupe yielde3
- Direction
- did not affecte3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“Early January to early-February were the optimum dates to transplant pepper with strawberries transplanted in October but date of planting did not affect cantaloupe yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Early January to early-February transplant dates for pepper resulted in net profits of $23000-38000/ha in 2016-17 compared with strawberries alone.
Verbatim
e4“Early January to early-February transplant dates for pepper resulted in net profits of around $23000-38000/ha in 2016-17 compared to the baseline treatment (strawberries alone)”
Claim · model-written summary
In 2017-18 all pepper planting dates except January 4 resulted in losses of $2000-18000/ha.
- Taxon
- peppere5
- Treatment
- planting dates of pepper with strawberry except January 4e5
- Outcome
- lossese5
- Direction
- decreaseinferrede5
- Value
- $2000-18000/hae5
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e5“in 2017-18 all of the planting dates of pepper with strawberry except January 4 resulted in losses of $2000-18000/ha”
Claim · model-written summary
In 2016-17 cantaloupes planted in late January resulted in profits of $2986.3.
- Taxon
- cantaloupesCucumis melo var. cantalupoe6
- Treatment
- planted in late Januarye6
- Outcome
- profitse6
- Direction
- increaseinferrede6
- Value
- $2986.3e6
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e6“cantaloupes planted in late January and early February resulted in profits of $2986.3 and 2705.1/ha, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
In 2016-17 cantaloupes planted in early February resulted in profits of 2705.1/ha.
- Taxon
- cantaloupesCucumis melo var. cantalupoe6
- Treatment
- early Februarye6
- Outcome
- profitse6
- Direction
- increaseinferrede6
- Value
- 2705.1/hae6
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e6“cantaloupes planted in late January and early February resulted in profits of $2986.3 and 2705.1/ha, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
In 2016-17 all other cantaloupe planting dates resulted in losses compared with the baseline treatment.
- Taxon
- cantaloupesCucumis melo var. cantalupoe6
- Treatment
- All other planting datese7
- Outcome
- losese7
- Direction
- decreaseinferrede7
- Comparator
- baseline treatmente7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e6“cantaloupes planted in late January and early February resulted in profits of $2986.3 and 2705.1/ha, respectively”
e7“All other planting dates resulted in loses compared to baseline treatment”
Claim · model-written summary
In 2017-18 all cantaloupe planting dates resulted in net profits of $6700-14500/ha.
- Taxon
- cantaloupeCucumis melo var. cantalupot0
- Treatment
- the planting datese1
- Outcome
- net profitse1
- Direction
- increaseinferrede1
- Value
- $6700-14500/hae1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Optimization of planting dates of Jalapeno pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Jalapeño' L.) and cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis Ser.) relay cropped with strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duchesne)”
e1“In 2017-18, all the planting dates resulted in net profits of around $6700-14500/ha”
Claim · model-written summary
Cantaloupe and jalapeño pepper can be relay-cropped with strawberry with no negative effects on strawberry yield.
Verbatim
e1“cantaloupe and jalapeño pepper can be relay cropped with strawberry with no negative effects on strawberry yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Early planting dates tend to maximize economic return for relay-cropped pepper.
Verbatim
e3“Early January to early-February were the optimum dates to transplant pepper with strawberries transplanted in October but date of planting did not affect cantaloupe yield”
e2“early planting dates tend to maximize economic return”
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