Abstract
The aim of this study was to realize whether soil mulching, with different plastic mulch colors, is a suitable practice under shade house (SH) conditions for the culture of cucumber. To do so, cucumber was cultured mulched or not with black, blue, red or white-on-black plastic films under SH, and contrasted against mulched cucumber in open field (OF). Red mulch produced the highest shoot dry weight per plant and bare soil the lowest. However, it was the white mulch which produced the highest commercial yield per plant. Contrastingly, bare soil plants produced the lowest commercial yield. SH plants two folded photosynthetic rates compared to OF plants. Mulch color mainly impacted leaf phosphorus (P) and magnesium (Mg) content while the SH affected nitrogen (K), calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg). Our results confirm that soil mulching, and shading positively impact the cucumber yield and quality but also show that soil mulching under SH enhances cucumber crop.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Red mulch gave the highest shoot dry weight and bare soil the lowest.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Treatment
- Red mulche0
- Outcome
- shoot dry weight per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Comparator
- bare soile0
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Verbatim
e0“Red mulch produced the highest shoot dry weight per plant and bare soil the lowest”
t0“cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
White mulch gave the highest commercial yield per plant.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- white mulche0
- Outcome
- commercial yield per plante0
- Direction
- higheste0
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Verbatim
e0“the white mulch which produced the highest commercial yield per plant”
t0“cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Bare soil plants had the lowest commercial yield.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- bare soile0
- Outcome
- commercial yielde0
- Direction
- loweste0
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Verbatim
e0“bare soil plants produced the lowest commercial yield”
t0“cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Shade house plants had twice the photosynthetic rate of open field plants.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- SHe0
- Outcome
- photosynthetic ratese0
- Direction
- two foldede0
- Comparator
- OFe0
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Verbatim
e0“SH plants two folded photosynthetic rates compared to OF plants”
t0“cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulch color primarily affected leaf phosphorus and magnesium content.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- Mulch colore0
- Outcome
- leaf phosphorus (P) and magnesium (Mg) contente0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Mulch color mainly impacted leaf phosphorus (P) and magnesium (Mg) content”
t0“cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Shade house conditions affected nitrogen, calcium and magnesium content.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativust0
- Treatment
- SHe0
- Outcome
- nitrogen (K), calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg)e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“the SH affected nitrogen (K), calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg)”
t0“cucumber”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching and shading improved cucumber yield and quality.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- soil mulching, and shadinge0
- Outcome
- cucumber yield and qualitye0
- Direction
- positively impacte0
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Verbatim
e0“soil mulching, and shading positively impact the cucumber yield and quality”
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