Abstract
Two similar experiments are described in which the effects of different mulching materials and staking on the growth, development and yield of white yam (Dioscorea rotundata) Minisetts were studied. One white yam cultivar TDR 131 was used and the treatments were: black and white embossed polyethylene plastic (Visqeen 38mu) with either black or white surface up; light weight black polyethylene plastic; rice straw; staking but no mulch, and no staking and no mulch. Each experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Polyethylene plastic mulch with white surface up was superior to all other treatments. Total dry matter per plant and total fresh tuber yield were all consistently higher in plants grown under the white surface polyethylene plastic mulch.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
White-surface polyethylene mulch ranked above all other treatments.
- Taxon
- white yam
Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundatae1 - Treatment
- Polyethylene plastic mulch with white surface upe0
- Outcome
- superiore0
- Direction
- superiore0
- Comparator
- all other treatmentse0
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Verbatim
e0“Polyethylene plastic mulch with white surface up was superior to all other treatments.”
e1“white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)”
Claim · model-written summary
White-surface polyethylene mulch increased total dry matter per white yam plant.
- Taxon
- white yamDioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundatae1
- Treatment
- white surface polyethylene plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- Total dry matter per plante0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Total dry matter per plant and total fresh tuber yield were all consistently higher in plants grown under the white surface polyethylene plastic mulch.”
e1“white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)”
Claim · model-written summary
White-surface polyethylene mulch increased total fresh tuber yield.
- Taxon
- white yamDioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundatae1
- Treatment
- white surface polyethylene plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- total fresh tuber yielde0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Total dry matter per plant and total fresh tuber yield were all consistently higher in plants grown under the white surface polyethylene plastic mulch.”
e1“white yam (Dioscorea rotundata)”
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