Abstract
A novel approach is described for using two winter annual legumes - hairy vetch (Vicia villosa L. Roth.) and 'Mt. Barker' subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.) - as cover crops and plant mulches in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) production. The approach calls for sowing the cover crops in the fall in prepared beds, mowing the cover crops with a high-speed flail mower immediately before transplanting the tomato seedlings into the field in early May, and then transplanting the seedlings into the beds with minimal interruption of the soil or mulch cover. Plants in the vetch treatment with no tillage produced a higher yield than those grown under black polyethylene, paper, or no mulch in conventional systems. Both plant mulches delayed fruit maturity by approximately 10 days relative to black polyethylene mulch. The proposed approach eliminates tillage, reduces the need for applying synthetic fertilizers and herbicides, and is adapted to large- and small-scale tomato production in a low-input, no-tillage system. It also may be used to produce other vegetables
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
No-till vetch mulch yielded more tomatoes than black polyethylene, paper, or no mulch in conventional systems.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- vetch treatment with no tillagee0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- black polyethylene, paper, or no mulch in conventional systemse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Plants in the vetch treatment with no tillage produced a higher yield than those grown under black polyethylene, paper, or no mulch in conventional systems”
e1“tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) production”
Claim · model-written summary
Hairy vetch mulch delayed tomato fruit maturity by about 10 days compared with black polyethylene.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- hairy vetche1
- Outcome
- fruit maturitye0
- Direction
- delayede0
- Value
- approximately 10 dayse0
- Comparator
- black polyethylene mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both plant mulches delayed fruit maturity by approximately 10 days relative to black polyethylene mulch”
e1“hairy vetch (Vicia villosa L. Roth.)”
e2“tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) production”
Claim · model-written summary
Subterranean clover mulch delayed tomato fruit maturity by about 10 days compared with black polyethylene.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume2
- Treatment
- subterranean clovere1
- Outcome
- fruit maturitye0
- Direction
- delayede0
- Value
- approximately 10 dayse0
- Comparator
- black polyethylene mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both plant mulches delayed fruit maturity by approximately 10 days relative to black polyethylene mulch”
e1“'Mt. Barker' subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.)”
e2“tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) production”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors stated that the mulch system eliminates tillage and reduces need for synthetic fertilizers and herbicides.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume1
- Outcome
- eliminates tillage, reduces the need for applying synthetic fertilizers and herbicidese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The proposed approach eliminates tillage, reduces the need for applying synthetic fertilizers and herbicides”
e1“tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) production”
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