Abstract
Abstract Field studies conducted during the summers of 1983 and 1984 evaluated the influence of different types of mulching materials on growth and development of ‘Black Beauty’ eggplant ( Solanum melongena L.). Treatments consisted of a) pine needles, b) newspaper, c) black plastic, and d) no mulch. The effects of mulching on earliness, growth index, soil moisture, temperature, pH, leaf nutrient content, weed control, and yield were measured. In 1983, a year of limited rainfall, all of the mulching treatments caused a significant increase in growth when compared to the unmulched treatment. Growth was unaffected by mulching in 1984, a year of abundant rainfall. Earliness, measured by the number of fruit per plant prior to the first harvest, was significantly increased by black plastic in 1983 but was not affected in 1984, which suggests the effectiveness of mulching under limited rainfall. In both years, mulching did not affect soil pH, leaf nutrient content, or soil temperature. Black plastic or pine needles were significantly more effective than newspaper in conserving moisture and controlling weeds. Black plastic increased yields significantly compared to the unmulched control in 1983, whereas black plastic or pine needles increased yields in 1984.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching result: growth was increase with all of the mulching treatments.
- Taxon
- eggplant
Solanum melongenat0 - Treatment
- all of the mulching treatmentse0
- Outcome
- growthe0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- unmulched treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“all of the mulching treatments caused a significant increase in growth when compared to the unmulched treatment”
t0“Eggplant Production”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching result: Growth was unaffected with mulching.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- mulchinge0
- Outcome
- Growthe0
- Direction
- unaffectede0
- Qualifier
- 1984e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growth was unaffected by mulching in 1984”
t0“Eggplant Production”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching result: Earliness was increased with black plastic.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- black plastice0
- Outcome
- Earlinesse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- 1983e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Earliness, measured by the number of fruit per plant prior to the first harvest, was significantly increased by black plastic in 1983”
t0“Eggplant Production”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching result: Earliness was not affected with black plastic.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- black plastice1
- Outcome
- Earlinesse1
- Direction
- not affectede0
- Qualifier
- 1984e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“but was not affected in 1984”
t0“Eggplant Production”
e1“Earliness, measured by the number of fruit per plant prior to the first harvest, was significantly increased by black plastic in 1983”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching result: soil pH, leaf nutrient content, or soil temperature was did not affect with mulching.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- mulchinge0
- Outcome
- soil pH, leaf nutrient content, or soil temperaturee0
- Direction
- did not affecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“mulching did not affect soil pH, leaf nutrient content, or soil temperature”
t0“Eggplant Production”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching result: conserving moisture and controlling weeds was more effective with Black plastic.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- Black plastice0
- Outcome
- conserving moisture and controlling weedse0
- Direction
- more effectivee0
- Comparator
- newspapere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Black plastic or pine needles were significantly more effective than newspaper in conserving moisture and controlling weeds”
t0“Eggplant Production”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching result: conserving moisture and controlling weeds was more effective with pine needles.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- pine needlese0
- Outcome
- conserving moisture and controlling weedse0
- Direction
- more effectivee0
- Comparator
- newspapere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Black plastic or pine needles were significantly more effective than newspaper in conserving moisture and controlling weeds”
t0“Eggplant Production”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching result: yields was increased with Black plastic.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- Black plastice0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- 1983e0
- Comparator
- unmulched controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Black plastic increased yields significantly compared to the unmulched control in 1983”
t0“Eggplant Production”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching result: yields was increased with black plastic.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- black plastice0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- 1984e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black plastic or pine needles increased yields in 1984”
t0“Eggplant Production”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching result: yields was increased with pine needles.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- pine needlese0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- 1984e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black plastic or pine needles increased yields in 1984”
t0“Eggplant Production”
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