Abstract
Abstract A field study was designed to evaluate the effects of various irrigation methods, raised beds, and plastic mulch on yield and fruit quality of bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.) Irrigation was scheduled on the basis of soil matric potential and monitored by Hg manometer tensiometers and soil moisture blocks. Trickle-irrigated plots were watered at soil matric potentials of −0.025 and −0.075 MPa, and sprinkled plots at −0.075 MPa. The combination of black polyethylene mulch and irrigation produced maximum yields, but frequency of irrigation had little effect on yield when peppers were mulched. High frequency trickle irrigation (irrigated 15×) and trickle irrigation of a lesser frequency (irrigated 5×) resulted in similar yields when peppers were mulched. The use of mulch without irrigation had a large effect on yield: yields from plots that were mulched but not irrigated were similar to yields from plots that were sprinkler-irrigated but not mulched. The percentage of marketable fruit was substantially reduced in the absence of irrigation or mulch, because of the high incidence of both solar injury and blossom-end rot.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Black polyethylene mulch combined with irrigation produced maximum bell pepper yield.
- Taxon
- bell peppere1
- Treatment
- black polyethylene mulch and irrigatione0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- maximume0
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e0“The combination of black polyethylene mulch and irrigation produced maximum yields”
e1“bell pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation frequency had little effect on yield when peppers were mulched.
- Treatment
- frequency of irrigatione0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- little effecte0
- Qualifier
- when peppers were mulchede0
CapsicumNot reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“frequency of irrigation had little effect on yield when peppers were mulched”
Claim · model-written summary
High and low frequency trickle irrigation gave similar yields with mulch.
- Treatment
- High frequency trickle irrigation (irrigated 15×)e0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- similare0
- Qualifier
- when peppers were mulchede0
- Comparator
- trickle irrigation of a lesser frequency (irrigated 5×)e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“High frequency trickle irrigation (irrigated 15×) and trickle irrigation of a lesser frequency (irrigated 5×) resulted in similar yields when peppers were mulched”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulch without irrigation gave yields similar to sprinkler irrigation without mulch.
Verbatim
e0“yields from plots that were mulched but not irrigated were similar to yields from plots that were sprinkler-irrigated but not mulched”
t0“Bell Pepper”
Claim · model-written summary
Without irrigation or mulch, the percentage of marketable fruit fell substantially.
- Taxon
- Bell Peppert0
- Treatment
- absence of irrigation or mulche0
- Outcome
- percentage of marketable fruite0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“The percentage of marketable fruit was substantially reduced in the absence of irrigation or mulch”
t0“Bell Pepper”
Claim · model-written summary
High solar injury incidence contributed to the lower marketable fruit percentage.
Verbatim
e0“The percentage of marketable fruit was substantially reduced in the absence of irrigation or mulch, because of the high incidence of both solar injury and blossom-end rot”
t0“Bell Pepper”
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