Abstract
ABSTRACT Vegetal mulching can mitigate the harmful effects of salts present in irrigation water. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of irrigation water salinity and mulching on the growth and yield of beet crops. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse at Redenção, Ceará State. The experimental design was completely randomized in a 2 × 4 factorial scheme, with five replicates, composed of two levels of electrical conductivity of irrigation water - ECw: tap water - 0.3 dS m-1 and saline solution - 5.8 dS m-1; and four types of mulching (rice hulls, carnauba bagana, crop residues, and a control treatment without soil cover). The use of vegetal mulching, mitigated the effects of irrigation with saline water on the variables plant height, leaf area, stem diameter, and tuberous root. The increase of the salt concentration in irrigation water negatively affected the number of leaves, length of the tuberous root, and yield. But, it increased the soluble solids in the beet crop.
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Claim · model-written summary
Vegetal mulch mitigated saline irrigation effects on beet plant height, leaf area and stem diameter.
- Taxon
- beet
Beta vulgarist0 - Treatment
- vegetal mulchinge0
- Outcome
- plant height, leaf area, stem diametere0
- Direction
- mitigatede0
- Qualifier
- irrigation with saline watere0
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e0“The use of vegetal mulching, mitigated the effects of irrigation with saline water on the variables plant height, leaf area, stem diameter, and tuberous root.”
t0“beet”
Claim · model-written summary
Vegetal mulch mitigated saline irrigation effects on beet tuberous root.
- Taxon
- beetBeta vulgarist0
- Treatment
- vegetal mulchinge0
- Outcome
- tuberous roote0
- Direction
- mitigatede0
- Qualifier
- irrigation with saline watere0
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e0“The use of vegetal mulching, mitigated the effects of irrigation with saline water on the variables plant height, leaf area, stem diameter, and tuberous root.”
t0“beet”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher irrigation water salinity reduced beet leaf number, tuberous-root length and yield.
- Taxon
- beetBeta vulgarist0
- Treatment
- increase of the salt concentration in irrigation watere0
- Outcome
- number of leaves, length of the tuberous root, and yielde0
- Direction
- negatively affectede0
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Verbatim
e0“The increase of the salt concentration in irrigation water negatively affected the number of leaves, length of the tuberous root, and yield.”
t0“beet”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher irrigation water salinity increased beet soluble solids.
- Taxon
- beetBeta vulgarise0
- Treatment
- increase of the salt concentration in irrigation watere1
- Outcome
- soluble solidse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“But, it increased the soluble solids in the beet crop.”
e1“The increase of the salt concentration in irrigation water negatively affected the number of leaves, length of the tuberous root, and yield.”
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