Abstract
A field experiment was conducted to assess the impact of different mulching practices on growth and yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) at College of Horticulture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana during 2015. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with seven treatments in three replications. Growth and fruit yield (28.37 tha-1) were highest under black polythene mulch followed by reflective polythene mulch. Similarly, weed density, weed dry weight and weed control efficiency were significantly lowest with black polythene mulch at 20 and 40 Days after transplanting (DAT) while paddy husk recorded significantly lowest weed control efficiency. Highest Benefit Cost ratio (2.10) was recorded in black polythene mulch whereas lowest (1.04) was recorded in unweeded plot.These results indicated that black polythene mulch and reflective polythene mulch were effective for better growth and yield in tomato.
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Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene mulch gave the highest tomato growth, followed by reflective polythene mulch.
- Taxon
- tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- black polythene mulche0
- Outcome
- Growthe0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- reflective polythene mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growth and fruit yield (28.37 tha-1) were highest under black polythene mulch followed by reflective polythene mulch”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene mulch gave the highest fruit yield of 28.37 tha-1, followed by reflective polythene mulch.
- Taxon
- tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- black polythene mulche0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 28.37 tha-1e0
- Comparator
- reflective polythene mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Growth and fruit yield (28.37 tha-1) were highest under black polythene mulch followed by reflective polythene mulch”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene mulch had the lowest weed density at 20 and 40 days after transplanting.
- Taxon
- tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- black polythene mulche0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed densitye0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Qualifier
- 20 and 40 Days after transplanting (DAT)e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“weed density, weed dry weight and weed control efficiency were significantly lowest with black polythene mulch at 20 and 40 Days after transplanting (DAT)”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene mulch had the lowest weed dry weight at 20 and 40 days after transplanting.
- Taxon
- tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- black polythene mulche0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed dry weighte0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Qualifier
- 20 and 40 Days after transplanting (DAT)e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“weed density, weed dry weight and weed control efficiency were significantly lowest with black polythene mulch at 20 and 40 Days after transplanting (DAT)”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene mulch had the lowest reported weed control efficiency at 20 and 40 days after transplanting.
- Taxon
- tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- black polythene mulche0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed control efficiencye0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Qualifier
- 20 and 40 Days after transplanting (DAT)e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“weed control efficiency were significantly lowest with black polythene mulch at 20 and 40 Days after transplanting (DAT)”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Paddy husk had the lowest weed control efficiency.
- Taxon
- tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- paddy huske0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- weed control efficiencye0
- Direction
- loweste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“paddy husk recorded significantly lowest weed control efficiency”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene mulch had the highest benefit cost ratio, 2.10.
- Taxon
- tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- black polythene mulche0
- Outcome
- Benefit Cost ratioe0
- Direction
- Higheste0
- Value
- 2.10e0
- Comparator
- unweeded plote0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Highest Benefit Cost ratio (2.10) was recorded in black polythene mulch whereas lowest (1.04) was recorded in unweeded plot”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
The unweeded plot had the lowest benefit cost ratio, 1.04.
- Taxon
- tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- loweste0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 1.04e0
- Setting
- unweeded plote0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“lowest (1.04) was recorded in unweeded plot”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded that black polythene mulch is effective for better tomato growth and yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- black polythene mulche0
- Outcome
- better growth and yielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black polythene mulch and reflective polythene mulch were effective for better growth and yield in tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors concluded that reflective polythene mulch is effective for better tomato growth and yield.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- reflective polythene mulche0
- Outcome
- better growth and yielde0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black polythene mulch and reflective polythene mulch were effective for better growth and yield in tomato”
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