Abstract
Root-zone temperature (RZT) plays important role in improving plant growth and development of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch) by influencing the uptake of water and mineral nutrients by roots. RZT attains greater prominence as roots are less adapted to fluctuations in temperature than shoots. The North-Indian plains are characterized by clear demarcation of seasons with extreme winter and summer. For effective root zone temperature, weed control and moisture regulation, mulching has been recommended. In the present study, we investigated the effect of different mulch materials on RZT, the root growth and its impact on plant performance. Mulching-induced improvement in RZT resulted in improved plant and root growth as evidenced by higher fresh and dry matter content. The beneficial effects of mulching on RZT, and subsequent impact on root and plant growth were reflected as increased number of fruit/plant and better-size fruit. Improvement in plant growth parameters led to almost 1.5-fold increase in yield over those grown on bare soil. Among the different mulches tested, black polythene outperformed the rest in terms of growth (plant fresh weight 187.31 g and dry weight 57.28 g) and yield parameters (fruit size length 54.00 mm and width 42.59 mm; fruit fresh weight 36.74 g, dry weight 2.88 g; no. of fruits/plant 33.55 and fruit yield/plant 536.55g).
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Claims 14
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching improved root zone temperature.
- Taxon
- strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassat0 - Treatment
- Mulchinge0
- Outcome
- RZTe0
- Direction
- improvemente0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Mulching-induced improvement in RZT resulted in improved plant and root growth as evidenced by higher fresh and dry matter content.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching improved plant and root growth.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Mulchinge0
- Outcome
- plant and root growthe0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mulching-induced improvement in RZT resulted in improved plant and root growth as evidenced by higher fresh and dry matter content.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching increased fresh and dry matter content.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Mulchinge0
- Outcome
- fresh and dry matter contente0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Mulching-induced improvement in RZT resulted in improved plant and root growth as evidenced by higher fresh and dry matter content.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching increased fruit number per plant.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- mulchinge0
- Outcome
- number of fruit/plante0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The beneficial effects of mulching on RZT, and subsequent impact on root and plant growth were reflected as increased number of fruit/plant and better-size fruit.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching improved fruit size.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- mulchinge0
- Outcome
- fruite0
- Direction
- better-sizee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The beneficial effects of mulching on RZT, and subsequent impact on root and plant growth were reflected as increased number of fruit/plant and better-size fruit.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching increased yield almost 1.5-fold over bare soil.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- Improvement in plant growth parameterse0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- 1.5-folde0
- Comparator
- bare soile0
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Verbatim
e0“Improvement in plant growth parameters led to almost 1.5-fold increase in yield over those grown on bare soil.”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene produced plant fresh weight of 187.31 g.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polythenee0
- Outcome
- plant fresh weighte0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Value
- 187.31 ge0
- Comparator
- the reste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black polythene outperformed the rest in terms of growth (plant fresh weight 187.31 g and dry weight 57.28 g)”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene produced plant dry weight of 57.28 g.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polythenee0
- Outcome
- dry weighte0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Value
- 57.28 ge0
- Comparator
- the reste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black polythene outperformed the rest in terms of growth (plant fresh weight 187.31 g and dry weight 57.28 g)”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene produced fruit length of 54.00 mm.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polythenee0
- Outcome
- fruit size lengthe0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Value
- 54.00 mme0
- Comparator
- the reste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black polythene outperformed the rest in terms of growth (plant fresh weight 187.31 g and dry weight 57.28 g) and yield parameters (fruit size length 54.00 mm and width 42.59 mm; fruit fresh weight 36.74 g, dry weight 2.88 g; no. of fruits/plant 33.55 and fruit yield/plant 536.55g)”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene produced fruit width of 42.59 mm.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polythenee0
- Outcome
- widthe0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Value
- 42.59 mme0
- Comparator
- the reste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black polythene outperformed the rest in terms of growth (plant fresh weight 187.31 g and dry weight 57.28 g) and yield parameters (fruit size length 54.00 mm and width 42.59 mm; fruit fresh weight 36.74 g, dry weight 2.88 g; no. of fruits/plant 33.55 and fruit yield/plant 536.55g)”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene produced fruit fresh weight of 36.74 g.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polythenee0
- Outcome
- fruit fresh weighte0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Value
- 36.74 ge0
- Comparator
- the reste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black polythene outperformed the rest in terms of growth (plant fresh weight 187.31 g and dry weight 57.28 g) and yield parameters (fruit size length 54.00 mm and width 42.59 mm; fruit fresh weight 36.74 g, dry weight 2.88 g; no. of fruits/plant 33.55 and fruit yield/plant 536.55g)”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene produced fruit dry weight of 2.88 g.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polythenee0
- Outcome
- dry weighte0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Value
- 2.88 ge0
- Comparator
- the reste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black polythene outperformed the rest in terms of growth (plant fresh weight 187.31 g and dry weight 57.28 g) and yield parameters (fruit size length 54.00 mm and width 42.59 mm; fruit fresh weight 36.74 g, dry weight 2.88 g; no. of fruits/plant 33.55 and fruit yield/plant 536.55g)”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene produced 33.55 fruits per plant.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polythenee0
- Outcome
- no. of fruits/plante0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Value
- 33.55e0
- Comparator
- the reste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black polythene outperformed the rest in terms of growth (plant fresh weight 187.31 g and dry weight 57.28 g) and yield parameters (fruit size length 54.00 mm and width 42.59 mm; fruit fresh weight 36.74 g, dry weight 2.88 g; no. of fruits/plant 33.55 and fruit yield/plant 536.55g)”
t0“strawberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Black polythene produced fruit yield per plant of 536.55g.
- Taxon
- strawberryFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- black polythenee0
- Outcome
- fruit yield/plante0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Value
- 536.55ge0
- Comparator
- the reste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“black polythene outperformed the rest in terms of growth (plant fresh weight 187.31 g and dry weight 57.28 g) and yield parameters (fruit size length 54.00 mm and width 42.59 mm; fruit fresh weight 36.74 g, dry weight 2.88 g; no. of fruits/plant 33.55 and fruit yield/plant 536.55g)”
t0“strawberry”
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