Abstract
Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a significant fruit crop cultivated worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions. However, its cultivation is often constrained by limited water availability and soil moisture stress, which may significantly affect its yield and quality. This study aimed to explore the effects of irrigation levels and straw mulch on the growth and yield of papaya under a drip irrigation system. The experiment encompassed six treatments: three different irrigation levels (100%, 75%, and 50% of crop water requirement) and two mulch levels (straw mulching and no mulch). The effect of mulch levels on plant growth, yield, and water use efficiency was statistically significant. The results revealed that applying 100% of crop water requirement along with straw mulch resulted in the maximum plant height, stem girth, crown diameter, and yield compared to the no mulch treatment. The study also evaluated irrigation water use efficiency, an essential aspect of sustainable farming practices. The results indicated that the maximum irrigation water use efficiency (58.47 kg m-3) was recorded when 50% of the crop water requirement was met alongside straw mulch. Conversely, the minimum irrigation water use efficiency was observed when 100% of the crop water requirement was completed without any mulch under the drip irrigation system.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Mulch level significantly affected papaya growth, yield and water use efficiency.
- Taxon
- Papaya
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Carica papayat0 - Treatment
- mulch levelse0
- Outcome
- plant growth, yield, and water use efficiencye0
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Verbatim
e0“The effect of mulch levels on plant growth, yield, and water use efficiency was statistically significant”
t0“Papaya”
Claim · model-written summary
Full crop water requirement with straw mulch maximized papaya height, stem girth and crown diameter versus no mulch.
- Taxon
- PapayaCarica papayat0
- Treatment
- 100% of crop water requirement along with straw mulche0
- Outcome
- plant height, stem girth, crown diametere0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Comparator
- no mulch treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“applying 100% of crop water requirement along with straw mulch resulted in the maximum plant height, stem girth, crown diameter, and yield compared to the no mulch treatment”
t0“Papaya”
Claim · model-written summary
Full crop water requirement with straw mulch maximized papaya yield versus no mulch.
- Taxon
- PapayaCarica papayat0
- Treatment
- 100% of crop water requirement along with straw mulche0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Comparator
- no mulch treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“applying 100% of crop water requirement along with straw mulch resulted in the maximum plant height, stem girth, crown diameter, and yield compared to the no mulch treatment”
t0“Papaya”
Claim · model-written summary
At 50% crop water requirement with straw mulch, papaya irrigation water use efficiency peaked at 58.47 kg m-3.
- Taxon
- PapayaCarica papayat0
- Treatment
- 50% of the crop water requirement was met alongside straw mulche0
- Outcome
- irrigation water use efficiencye0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Value
- 58.47 kg m-3e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“maximum irrigation water use efficiency (58.47 kg m-3) was recorded when 50% of the crop water requirement was met alongside straw mulch”
t0“Papaya”
Claim · model-written summary
At full crop water requirement without mulch, papaya irrigation water use efficiency was lowest.
- Taxon
- PapayaCarica papayat0
- Treatment
- 100% of the crop water requirement was completed without any mulche0
- Outcome
- irrigation water use efficiencye0
- Direction
- minimume0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“minimum irrigation water use efficiency was observed when 100% of the crop water requirement was completed without any mulch under the drip irrigation system”
t0“Papaya”
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organic · growth · Carica papaya (papaya)Positive and negative results
1 in the opposite direction
- no effect
organic · yield · Carica papaya (papaya)Results agree
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- positive
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