Abstract
This paper explores the effectiveness of organic and plastic mulching for potato production in the Czech Republic. The mulching with chopped grass (GM) and black textile mulch (BTM) were compared to non-mulching control variant (C) with mechanical cultivation. Especially in plots with BTM were first formed ridges and covered by the black polypropylene non-woven textile and then they were planting. During vegetation the infestation of Colorado potato beetle (CPB), weeds biomass, course of soil temperature and soil water potential were assessed. The results showed that surface of GM had a positive effect on soil temperature reduction, soil water potential depression. This study also indicated a positive effect of GM on the larvae of CPB diminution, on the other hand higher incidence of larvae and higher defoliation was observed in BTM. GM had a significant effect on the yield of potatoes. The yield of ware potatoes was higher by 27 % higher on plots with GM and by 16 % lower on plots wit BTM in comparison with C. NeemAzal T/S decreased statistically significantly % of defoliation and increased yield of ware potatoes by 35 % in comparison with control.
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record; open copy licensed cc-by. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Grass mulch reduced soil temperature.
- Taxon
- potatoes
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Treatment
- GMe0
- Outcome
- soil temperaturee0
- Direction
- reductione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potatoes”
e0“The results showed that surface of GM had a positive effect on soil temperature reduction, soil water potential depression.”
Claim · model-written summary
Grass mulch depressed soil water potential.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- GMe0
- Outcome
- soil water potentiale0
- Direction
- depressione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potatoes”
e0“The results showed that surface of GM had a positive effect on soil temperature reduction, soil water potential depression.”
Claim · model-written summary
Grass mulch reduced Colorado potato beetle larvae.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- GMe0
- Interactor
- CPBe0pest
- Outcome
- larvae of CPBe0
- Direction
- diminutione0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potatoes”
e0“This study also indicated a positive effect of GM on the larvae of CPB diminution, on the other hand higher incidence of larvae and higher defoliation was observed in BTM.”
Claim · model-written summary
Black textile mulch had higher Colorado potato beetle larval incidence.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- BTMe0
- Interactor
- CPBe0pest
- Outcome
- incidence of larvaee0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potatoes”
e0“This study also indicated a positive effect of GM on the larvae of CPB diminution, on the other hand higher incidence of larvae and higher defoliation was observed in BTM.”
Claim · model-written summary
Black textile mulch had higher defoliation.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- BTMe0
- Interactor
- CPBe0pest
- Outcome
- defoliatione0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potatoes”
e0“This study also indicated a positive effect of GM on the larvae of CPB diminution, on the other hand higher incidence of larvae and higher defoliation was observed in BTM.”
Claim · model-written summary
Grass mulch increased ware potato yield by 27% over control.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- GMe0
- Outcome
- yield of ware potatoese0
- Direction
- highere0
- Value
- 27 %e0
- Comparator
- Ce0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potatoes”
e0“The yield of ware potatoes was higher by 27 % higher on plots with GM and by 16 % lower on plots wit BTM in comparison with C.”
Claim · model-written summary
Black textile mulch reduced ware potato yield by 16% versus control.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- BTMe0
- Outcome
- yield of ware potatoese0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Value
- 16 %e0
- Comparator
- Ce0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potatoes”
e0“The yield of ware potatoes was higher by 27 % higher on plots with GM and by 16 % lower on plots wit BTM in comparison with C.”
Claim · model-written summary
NeemAzal T/S significantly decreased defoliation.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- NeemAzal T/Se0
- Outcome
- % of defoliatione0
- Direction
- decreasede0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potatoes”
e0“NeemAzal T/S decreased statistically significantly % of defoliation and increased yield of ware potatoes by 35 % in comparison with control.”
Claim · model-written summary
NeemAzal T/S increased ware potato yield by 35% versus control.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- NeemAzal T/Se0
- Outcome
- yield of ware potatoese0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 35 %e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potatoes”
e0“NeemAzal T/S decreased statistically significantly % of defoliation and increased yield of ware potatoes by 35 % in comparison with control.”
The same questions in other papers
mulching · yield · Solanum tuberosum (potato)Results differ
6 papers in the same direction as this paper · 57 in the opposite direction
- positive
- positive
- positive
60 papers more in this group
See all 64 papers →transgenic · pest · Solanum tuberosum (potato)Positive and negative results
5 papers in the same direction as this paper · 2 in the opposite direction
- no effect
- no effect
- positive
4 papers more in this group
See all 8 papers →mulching · disease · Solanum tuberosum (potato)Positive and negative results
1 paper in the same direction as this paper · 8 in the opposite direction
- positive
- positive
- positive
6 papers more in this group
See all 10 papers →mulching · pest · Solanum tuberosum (potato)Positive and negative results
3 papers in the same direction as this paper · 12 in the opposite direction
- positive
- positive
- positive
12 papers more in this group
See all 16 papers →transgenic · yield · Solanum tuberosum (potato)Positive and negative results
14 papers in the same direction as this paper · 3 in the opposite direction
- no effect
- negative
- negative
14 papers more in this group
See all 18 papers →transgenic · soil: physics · Solanum tuberosum (potato)Results agree
1 paper in the same direction as this paper
- positive
Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.