Abstract
This paper explores the effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production in two different regions (Highlands and Lowlands) of the Czech Republic. The mulching with chopped grass (GM) and black textile mulch (BTM) were compared to non-mulching control variant with mechanical cultivation (C). In plots with BTM, ridges were first formed and covered by the black polypropylene non-woven textile and then planting was done. During vegetation, the infestation of Colorado potato beetle (CPB), as well as weeds biomass, evolution of soil temperature and soil water potential, was assessed. The results showed that GM had a positive effect on increased the proportion of tuber size fraction above 56 mm. Use of GM and BTM in colder site (Highlands) in both treatments had a positive effect on increasing soil temperatures (by 1.3 and 1.6°C) and tuber yields (by 36.1 % and 27.3%) compared with C. Also here, higher soil temperatures in both mulches correlated with a slightly higher occurrence of CPB. Same was observed in BTM in the Lowlands. Use of GM and BTM in the Lowlands had different effects on soil temperatures (GM decreased soil temperatures and BTM increased soil temperatures compared to C). GM reduced the soil temperatures, soil water potential (SWP) and significantly increased tuber yields in warmer site with limited rainfall (in Lowlands). The tuber yields were higher, even though weed biomass in GM
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Chopped grass mulch increased the proportion of potato tubers in the size fraction above 56 mm compared with the non-mulched control.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosume0 - Treatment
- GMe2
- Outcome
- the proportion of tuber size fraction above 56 mme2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Comparator
- non-mulching control variant with mechanical cultivation (C)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production”
e1“non-mulching control variant with mechanical cultivation (C)”
e2“GM had a positive effect on increased the proportion of tuber size fraction above 56 mm”
Claim · model-written summary
In the colder Highlands site, chopped grass mulch raised soil temperature by 1.3 degrees C compared with the control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- GMe1
- Outcome
- soil temperaturese1
- Direction
- increasinge1
- Value
- 1.3e1
- Comparator
- Ce1
- Setting
- colder site (Highlands)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production”
e1“Use of GM and BTM in colder site (Highlands) in both treatments had a positive effect on increasing soil temperatures (by 1.3 and 1.6°C) and tuber yields (by 36.1 % and 27.3%) compared with C”
Claim · model-written summary
In the colder Highlands site, black textile mulch raised soil temperature by 1.6 degrees C compared with the control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- BTMe1
- Outcome
- soil temperaturese1
- Direction
- increasinge1
- Value
- 1.6°Ce1
- Comparator
- Ce1
- Setting
- colder site (Highlands)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production”
e1“Use of GM and BTM in colder site (Highlands) in both treatments had a positive effect on increasing soil temperatures (by 1.3 and 1.6°C) and tuber yields (by 36.1 % and 27.3%) compared with C”
Claim · model-written summary
In the colder Highlands site, chopped grass mulch raised potato tuber yield by 36.1% compared with the control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- GMe1
- Outcome
- tuber yieldse1
- Direction
- increasinge1
- Value
- 36.1 %e1
- Comparator
- Ce1
- Setting
- colder site (Highlands)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production”
e1“Use of GM and BTM in colder site (Highlands) in both treatments had a positive effect on increasing soil temperatures (by 1.3 and 1.6°C) and tuber yields (by 36.1 % and 27.3%) compared with C”
Claim · model-written summary
In the colder Highlands site, black textile mulch raised potato tuber yield by 27.3% compared with the control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- BTMe1
- Outcome
- tuber yieldse1
- Direction
- increasinge1
- Value
- 27.3%e1
- Comparator
- Ce1
- Setting
- colder site (Highlands)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production”
e1“Use of GM and BTM in colder site (Highlands) in both treatments had a positive effect on increasing soil temperatures (by 1.3 and 1.6°C) and tuber yields (by 36.1 % and 27.3%) compared with C”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher soil temperatures in both mulches correlated with a slightly higher occurrence of Colorado potato beetle.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- both mulchese1
- Interactor
- CPBe1pest
- Outcome
- occurrence of CPBe1
- Direction
- highere1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production”
e1“higher soil temperatures in both mulches correlated with a slightly higher occurrence of CPB”
Claim · model-written summary
Black textile mulch in the Lowlands was also associated with a slightly higher occurrence of Colorado potato beetle.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- BTMe1
- Interactor
- CPBe1pest
- Outcome
- higher occurrence of CPBe1
- Direction
- highere1
- Setting
- Lowlandse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production”
e1“correlated with a slightly higher occurrence of CPB. Same was observed in BTM in the Lowlands”
Claim · model-written summary
In the Lowlands, chopped grass mulch decreased soil temperatures compared with the control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- GMe1
- Outcome
- soil temperaturese1
- Direction
- decreasede1
- Comparator
- Ce1
- Setting
- Lowlandse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production”
e1“Use of GM and BTM in the Lowlands had different effects on soil temperatures (GM decreased soil temperatures and BTM increased soil temperatures compared to C”
Claim · model-written summary
In the Lowlands, black textile mulch increased soil temperatures compared with the control.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- BTMe1
- Outcome
- soil temperaturese1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Comparator
- Ce1
- Setting
- Lowlandse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production”
e1“Use of GM and BTM in the Lowlands had different effects on soil temperatures (GM decreased soil temperatures and BTM increased soil temperatures compared to C”
Claim · model-written summary
In the warmer Lowlands site with limited rainfall, chopped grass mulch reduced soil water potential.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- GMe1
- Outcome
- soil water potentiale1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Comparator
- non-mulching control variant with mechanical cultivation (C)e2
- Setting
- warmer site with limited rainfall (in Lowlands)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production”
e1“GM reduced the soil temperatures, soil water potential (SWP) and significantly increased tuber yields in warmer site with limited rainfall (in Lowlands)”
e2“non-mulching control variant with mechanical cultivation (C)”
Claim · model-written summary
In the warmer Lowlands site with limited rainfall, chopped grass mulch significantly increased potato tuber yields.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- GMe1
- Outcome
- tuber yieldse1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Comparator
- non-mulching control variant with mechanical cultivation (C)e2
- Setting
- warmer site with limited rainfall (in Lowlands)e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production”
e1“GM reduced the soil temperatures, soil water potential (SWP) and significantly increased tuber yields in warmer site with limited rainfall (in Lowlands)”
e2“non-mulching control variant with mechanical cultivation (C)”
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