Abstract
AbstractA study was conducted to evaluate the effect of various mulch materials with various seedling-growning conditions to reduce Tuta infestations in tomato crops. The results showed that seedlings grown in plastic tunnels and transplanted in open field areas with mulch materials were more resilient to T. absoluta infestation compared to the seedlings grown in open areas with no mulch materials. Similarly, seedlings grown inside the plastic tunnels had the lowest leaf and fruit infestations compared to the seedlings grown in openfield conditions. Leaf infestation was much lower (9-12%) in all mulching fields in both seedlings grown conditions compared to no-mulch fields (18-30%). However, the highest yield (110.0 mt/ha) was recorded in black plastic mulch with seedlings grown inside the plastic tunnel followed by straw mulch (103.30 mt/ha) and white plastic mulch (93.3 mt/ha) fields in the same seedling growing conditions. The lowest yield was recorded in no-mulch fields with seedlings grown in open areas (55.0 mt/ha).
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Tunnel-grown, mulched tomato seedlings had less Tuta infestation than open-grown, unmulched seedlings.
- Taxon
- tomato crop
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- seedlings grown in plastic tunnels and transplanted in open field areas with mulch materialse0
- Interactor
- T. absoluta
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Tuta absolutae0pest - Outcome
- T. absoluta infestatione0
- Direction
- more resiliente0
- Comparator
- seedlings grown in open areas with no mulch materialse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“tomato crop”
e0“seedlings grown in plastic tunnels and transplanted in open field areas with mulch materials were more resilient to T. absoluta infestation compared to the seedlings grown in open areas with no mulch materials”
Claim · model-written summary
Tunnel-grown seedlings had the lowest leaf and fruit infestation.
- Taxon
- tomato cropSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- seedlings grown inside the plastic tunnelse0
- Outcome
- leaf and fruit infestationse0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Comparator
- seedlings grown in openfield conditionse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato crop”
e0“seedlings grown inside the plastic tunnels had the lowest leaf and fruit infestations compared to the seedlings grown in openfield conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching reduced leaf infestation to 9-12% versus 18-30% without mulch.
- Taxon
- tomato cropSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- all mulching fieldse0
- Outcome
- Leaf infestatione0
- Direction
- much lowere0
- Value
- 9-12%e0
- Qualifier
- 18-30%e0
- Comparator
- no-mulch fieldse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato crop”
e0“Leaf infestation was much lower (9-12%) in all mulching fields in both seedlings grown conditions compared to no-mulch fields (18-30%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch with tunnel seedlings gave the highest yield of 110.0 mt/ha.
- Taxon
- tomato cropSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- black plastic mulch with seedlings grown inside the plastic tunnele0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 110.0 mt/hae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato crop”
e0“highest yield (110.0 mt/ha) was recorded in black plastic mulch with seedlings grown inside the plastic tunnel”
Claim · model-written summary
Straw mulch with tunnel seedlings yielded 103.30 mt/ha.
- Taxon
- tomato cropSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- straw mulche0
- Value
- 103.30 mt/hae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato crop”
e0“straw mulch (103.30 mt/ha)”
Claim · model-written summary
White plastic mulch with tunnel seedlings yielded 93.3 mt/ha.
- Taxon
- tomato cropSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- white plastic mulche0
- Value
- 93.3 mt/hae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato crop”
e0“white plastic mulch (93.3 mt/ha) fields in the same seedling growing conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
Unmulched, open-grown seedlings gave the lowest yield, 55.0 mt/ha.
- Taxon
- tomato cropSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- no-mulch fields with seedlings grown in open arease0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- loweste0
- Value
- 55.0 mt/hae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato crop”
e0“lowest yield was recorded in no-mulch fields with seedlings grown in open areas (55.0 mt/ha)”
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