Abstract
Abstract Subsurface trickle and furrow irrigation of fresh-market tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), with or without plastic mulch, were compared for three consecutive growing seasons. Plots were irrigated when available soil water was 40% depleted. Marketable tomato yield was 22% greater for plants grown with trickle irrigation than with furrow irrigation. Use of black plastic mulch resulted in 31% and 16% greater marketable tomato yield in Spring 1983 and 1984, than similar bare-soil (unmulched) treatments, respectively. In Fall 1983, use of white/black (top/bottom) laminated plastic mulch reduced yields by 12% compared to similar unmulched treatments. Total water (irrigation plus precipitation) applied to furrow-irrigated plots nearly equalled pan evaporation (E pan ). Trickle-irrigated plots received < 45% of E pan in all seasons, resulting in increased water-use efficiency with drip irrigation. Trickle irrigation as applied did not affect soluble salts concentration in the soils.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Trickle irrigation gave 22% greater marketable tomato yield than furrow irrigation.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- trickle irrigatione1
- Outcome
- Marketable tomato yielde1
- Direction
- greatere1
- Value
- 22%e1
- Comparator
- furrow irrigatione1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Subsurface trickle and furrow irrigation of fresh-market tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“Marketable tomato yield was 22% greater for plants grown with trickle irrigation than with furrow irrigation”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch gave 31% greater marketable tomato yield than bare soil in spring 1983.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- black plastic mulche1
- Outcome
- marketable tomato yielde1
- Direction
- greatere1
- Value
- 31%e1
- Comparator
- bare-soil (unmulched) treatmentse1
- Setting
- Spring 1983e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Subsurface trickle and furrow irrigation of fresh-market tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“Use of black plastic mulch resulted in 31% and 16% greater marketable tomato yield in Spring 1983 and 1984, than similar bare-soil (unmulched) treatments, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Black plastic mulch gave 16% greater marketable tomato yield than bare soil in 1984.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- black plastic mulche1
- Outcome
- marketable tomato yielde1
- Direction
- greatere1
- Value
- 16%e1
- Comparator
- bare-soil (unmulched) treatmentse1
- Setting
- 1984e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Subsurface trickle and furrow irrigation of fresh-market tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“Use of black plastic mulch resulted in 31% and 16% greater marketable tomato yield in Spring 1983 and 1984, than similar bare-soil (unmulched) treatments, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
White/black laminated plastic mulch reduced tomato yield by 12% relative to unmulched treatments in fall 1983.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- white/black (top/bottom) laminated plastic mulche1
- Outcome
- yieldse1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 12%e1
- Comparator
- similar unmulched treatmentse1
- Setting
- Fall 1983e1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Subsurface trickle and furrow irrigation of fresh-market tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“In Fall 1983, use of white/black (top/bottom) laminated plastic mulch reduced yields by 12% compared to similar unmulched treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Total water applied to furrow-irrigated tomato plots nearly equalled pan evaporation.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- Total water (irrigation plus precipitation) applied to furrow-irrigated plotse1
- Direction
- nearly equallede1
- Comparator
- pan evaporatione1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Subsurface trickle and furrow irrigation of fresh-market tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“Total water (irrigation plus precipitation) applied to furrow-irrigated plots nearly equalled pan evaporation (E pan )”
Claim · model-written summary
Trickle-irrigated tomato plots received less than 45% of pan evaporation in all seasons.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- Trickle-irrigated plots receivede1
- Value
- < 45%e1
- Comparator
- E pane1
- Setting
- all seasonse1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Subsurface trickle and furrow irrigation of fresh-market tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“Trickle-irrigated plots received < 45% of E pan in all seasons, resulting in increased water-use efficiency with drip irrigation”
Claim · model-written summary
Drip (trickle) irrigation increased water-use efficiency in tomato.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- drip irrigatione1
- Outcome
- water-use efficiencye1
- Direction
- increasede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Subsurface trickle and furrow irrigation of fresh-market tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“Trickle-irrigated plots received < 45% of E pan in all seasons, resulting in increased water-use efficiency with drip irrigation”
Claim · model-written summary
Trickle irrigation as applied did not change soluble salts concentration in the soils.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- Trickle irrigation as appliede1
- Outcome
- soluble salts concentration in the soilse1
- Direction
- did not affecte1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Subsurface trickle and furrow irrigation of fresh-market tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)”
e1“Trickle irrigation as applied did not affect soluble salts concentration in the soils”
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