Abstract
The increasing global population continues to elevate food demand and intensify the strain on essential natural resources such as arable land and water. Optimizing agricultural practices to enhance productivity is crucial to achieving sustainable food security. This study explores the importance of different organic and synthetic types of mulch on the growth and yield of upland rice (Inpago 13) cultivated in dryland areas. The experimental design utilized a randomized block design featuring six mulch treatments: absence of mulch, straw mulch, geowoven mulch, black-silver plastic mulch, silver-silver plastic mulch, and white plastic mulch. The findings indicated that mulching significantly enhanced agronomic traits such as tiller number, leaf area, dry biomass, milled dry grain, and 1000 dry grain (P < 0.05). The black-silver plastic mulch (M3) demonstrated the most substantial positive impact, achieving the highest grain yield of 8.76 ton·ha⁻¹ and the largest leaf area (1,479.50 cm²). Compared to non-mulched treatments, plastic mulches enhanced photosynthetic performance leading to better biomass accumulation and yield efficiency. The findings underscore that mulching—especially with reflective plastic films improves physiological processes and grain yield on upland rice (inpago 13). This study highlights the potential of strategic mulch application to maximize upland rice productivity under water-limited conditions and contributes to resilient agricultural practices for future food systems.
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Claim · model-written summary
Mulching significantly increased tiller number, leaf area and dry biomass.
- Taxon
- upland rice
Oryza sativae2 - Treatment
- mulchinge0
- Outcome
- tiller number, leaf area, dry biomasse0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Comparator
- absence of mulche1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“mulching significantly enhanced agronomic traits such as tiller number, leaf area, dry biomass, milled dry grain, and 1000 dry grain (P < 0.05).”
e1“absence of mulch”
e2“upland rice (Inpago 13) cultivated in dryland areas”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching significantly increased milled dry grain and 1000 dry grain.
- Taxon
- upland riceOryza sativae2
- Treatment
- mulchinge0
- Outcome
- milled dry grain, and 1000 dry graine0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Comparator
- absence of mulche1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“mulching significantly enhanced agronomic traits such as tiller number, leaf area, dry biomass, milled dry grain, and 1000 dry grain (P < 0.05).”
e1“absence of mulch”
e2“upland rice (Inpago 13) cultivated in dryland areas”
Claim · model-written summary
Black-silver plastic mulch gave the highest grain yield of 8.76 ton·ha⁻¹.
- Taxon
- upland riceOryza sativae2
- Treatment
- black-silver plastic mulch (M3)e0
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 8.76 ton·ha⁻¹e0
- Comparator
- absence of mulche1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The black-silver plastic mulch (M3) demonstrated the most substantial positive impact, achieving the highest grain yield of 8.76 ton·ha⁻¹ and the largest leaf area (1,479.50 cm²).”
e1“absence of mulch”
e2“upland rice (Inpago 13) cultivated in dryland areas”
Claim · model-written summary
Black-silver plastic mulch gave the largest leaf area of 1,479.50 cm².
- Taxon
- upland riceOryza sativae2
- Treatment
- black-silver plastic mulch (M3)e0
- Outcome
- leaf areae0
- Direction
- largeste0
- Value
- 1,479.50 cm²e0
- Comparator
- absence of mulche1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The black-silver plastic mulch (M3) demonstrated the most substantial positive impact, achieving the highest grain yield of 8.76 ton·ha⁻¹ and the largest leaf area (1,479.50 cm²).”
e1“absence of mulch”
e2“upland rice (Inpago 13) cultivated in dryland areas”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulches enhanced photosynthetic performance relative to no mulch.
- Taxon
- upland riceOryza sativae2
- Treatment
- plastic mulchese0
- Outcome
- photosynthetic performancee0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Comparator
- non-mulched treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Compared to non-mulched treatments, plastic mulches enhanced photosynthetic performance leading to better biomass accumulation and yield efficiency.”
e2“upland rice (Inpago 13) cultivated in dryland areas”
Claim · model-written summary
Plastic mulch improved biomass accumulation and yield efficiency relative to no mulch.
- Taxon
- upland riceOryza sativae2
- Treatment
- plastic mulchese0
- Outcome
- biomass accumulation and yield efficiencye0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Comparator
- non-mulched treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Compared to non-mulched treatments, plastic mulches enhanced photosynthetic performance leading to better biomass accumulation and yield efficiency.”
e2“upland rice (Inpago 13) cultivated in dryland areas”
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