Abstract
Soil solarization is a technique used for weed control in regions with high level of solar radiations. Soil solarization for 35 or 45 days decreased the emergence of annual weeds by over 90 %. Emergence of Cyperus rotundus from tubers was increased by soil solarization. Furthermore, seed germination of Commelina benghalensis was increased by soil solarization. The main solarization effect was restricted to 0 - 5 cm layer of the soil. The maximum temperature at 5 cm depth was about 8 - 10°C warmer in solarized soil than in control plots. It was concluded that soil solarization with transparent polyethylene film for 35 or 45 days caused healthy seedling of brinjal by increasing the dry matter production of seedlings and proved very useful technique for controlling more than half of the weed species recorded without any use of chemical.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Solarization for 35 or 45 days decreased annual weed emergence by over 90%.
- Taxon
- brinjal
Solanum melongenat0 - Treatment
- Soil solarization for 35 or 45 dayse0
- Interactor
- annual weedse0weed
- Outcome
- emergence of annual weedse0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Value
- over 90 %e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Soil solarization for 35 or 45 days decreased the emergence of annual weeds by over 90 %”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
Solarization increased Cyperus rotundus emergence from tubers.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- soil solarizatione0
- Interactor
- Cyperus rotundus
Cyperus rotunduse0weed - Outcome
- Emergence of Cyperus rotundus from tuberse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Emergence of Cyperus rotundus from tubers was increased by soil solarization”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
Solarization increased Commelina benghalensis seed germination.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- soil solarizatione0
- Interactor
- Commelina benghalensis
Commelina benghalensise0weed - Outcome
- seed germination of Commelina benghalensise0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“seed germination of Commelina benghalensis was increased by soil solarization”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
The main solarization effect occurred in the top 0–5 cm soil layer.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Outcome
- solarization effecte0
- Value
- 0 - 5 cme0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The main solarization effect was restricted to 0 - 5 cm layer of the soil”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
At 5 cm depth, solarized soil reached about 8–10°C warmer than control plots.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Treatment
- solarized soile0
- Outcome
- maximum temperaturee0
- Direction
- warmere0
- Value
- 8 - 10°Ce0
- Comparator
- control plotse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The maximum temperature at 5 cm depth was about 8 - 10°C warmer in solarized soil than in control plots”
t0“brinjal”
Claim · model-written summary
Solarization increased brinjal seedling dry matter production.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenae0
- Treatment
- soil solarization with transparent polyethylene film for 35 or 45 dayse0
- Outcome
- dry matter production of seedlingse0
- Direction
- increasinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“soil solarization with transparent polyethylene film for 35 or 45 days caused healthy seedling of brinjal by increasing the dry matter production of seedlings”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors considered solarization useful for controlling more than half the weed species without chemicals.
- Taxon
- brinjalSolanum melongenat0
- Outcome
- controlling more than half of the weed species recorded without any use of chemicale0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“proved very useful technique for controlling more than half of the weed species recorded without any use of chemical”
t0“brinjal”
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