Abstract
The effects of three bed systems [conventional (bare soil), chemically killed, or mechanically killed winter rye ( Secale cereale ) + hairy vetch ( Vicia villosa ) cover crop mulch] and five fungicide programs (no fungicide, 7-day fungicide application program, and Tom-Cast-timed fungicide applications at 15, 18, or 25 disease severity values) on marketable yield and soil-borne fungal fruit rot development in processing tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) production were studied. In 1997, marketable yield was higher in both cover crop systems compared with the conventional bed system. In 1997, percentage of anthracnose- ( Colletotrichum coccodes ) and ground rot-infected fruit (caused by Pythium spp. or Phytophthora spp.) were lower in both cover crop mulch systems compared with the conventional bed system. In 1998, marketable fruit yields were lower in both cover crop mulch systems compared with the conventional bed system. Percentage of anthracnose-infected fruit was lower in 1998 in the chemically killed cover crop mulch system compared with mechanically killed bed system. There were no differences in ground rot-infected fruit between bed systems in 1998. In 1998, percentage of total molded fruit in the chemically killed cover crop mulch system was reduced compared with the mechanically killed cover crop mulch system.
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In 1997, marketable yield was higher in both cover crop systems than in the conventional bed system.
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e0“processing tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) production were studied”
e1“In 1997, marketable yield was higher in both cover crop systems compared with the conventional bed system”
Claim · model-written summary
In 1997, anthracnose-infected fruit was lower in both cover crop mulch systems than in the conventional bed system.
- Taxon
- processing tomatoe0
- Treatment
- both cover crop mulch systemse2
- Interactor
- Colletotrichum coccodes
Colletotrichum coccodese2pathogen - Outcome
- percentage of anthracnose-e2
- Direction
- lowere2
- Comparator
- conventional bed systeme2
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Verbatim
e0“processing tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) production were studied”
e2“In 1997, percentage of anthracnose- ( Colletotrichum coccodes ) and ground rot-infected fruit (caused by Pythium spp. or Phytophthora spp.) were lower in both cover crop mulch systems compared with the conventional bed system”
Claim · model-written summary
In 1997, ground rot-infected fruit was lower in both cover crop mulch systems than in the conventional bed system.
- Taxon
- processing tomatoe0
- Treatment
- both cover crop mulch systemse2
- Second interactor
- Phytophthora spp.
Phytophthorae2pathogen - Outcome
- ground rot-infected fruite2
- Direction
- lowere2
- Comparator
- conventional bed systeme2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“processing tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) production were studied”
e2“In 1997, percentage of anthracnose- ( Colletotrichum coccodes ) and ground rot-infected fruit (caused by Pythium spp. or Phytophthora spp.) were lower in both cover crop mulch systems compared with the conventional bed system”
Claim · model-written summary
In 1998, marketable fruit yields were lower in both cover crop mulch systems than in the conventional bed system.
Verbatim
e0“processing tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) production were studied”
e3“In 1998, marketable fruit yields were lower in both cover crop mulch systems compared with the conventional bed system”
Claim · model-written summary
In 1998, anthracnose-infected fruit was lower in the chemically killed cover crop mulch system than in the mechanically killed bed system.
Verbatim
e0“processing tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) production were studied”
e4“Percentage of anthracnose-infected fruit was lower in 1998 in the chemically killed cover crop mulch system compared with mechanically killed bed system”
Claim · model-written summary
In 1998, ground rot-infected fruit did not differ between bed systems.
Verbatim
e0“processing tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) production were studied”
e5“There were no differences in ground rot-infected fruit between bed systems in 1998”
Claim · model-written summary
In 1998, total molded fruit was reduced in the chemically killed cover crop mulch system compared with the mechanically killed cover crop mulch system.
Verbatim
e0“processing tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) production were studied”
e6“In 1998, percentage of total molded fruit in the chemically killed cover crop mulch system was reduced compared with the mechanically killed cover crop mulch system”
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