Abstract
An experiment was conducted to determine the influence of several synthetic mulches and one biodegradable mulch on the yield of `Crimson Sweet' watermelons. The experimental design was a randomized block design using VisPore rowcover and various mulches. The results showed that using brown mulch resulted in a significant increase in marketable numbers of watermelons. Total yield of watermelons showed significant row cover × mulches interaction. Higher yields were observed with brown mulch and VisPore rowcover. The total number of watermelons grown with mulches was significantly greater than the control.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Brown mulch significantly increased the marketable number of watermelons.
- Taxon
- watermelons
Citrullus lanatuse1 - Material
- Crimson Sweete1
- Treatment
- brown mulche2
- Outcome
- marketable numbers of watermelonse2
- Direction
- significant increasee2
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“on the yield of `Crimson Sweet' watermelons”
e2“The results showed that using brown mulch resulted in a significant increase in marketable numbers of watermelons”
Claim · model-written summary
Total watermelon yield showed a significant row cover by mulch interaction.
- Taxon
- watermelonsCitrullus lanatuse3
- Outcome
- Total yielde3
- Qualifier
- row cover × mulches interactione3
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Verbatim
e3“Total yield of watermelons showed significant row cover × mulches interaction”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher watermelon yields were observed with brown mulch and VisPore rowcover.
- Taxon
- watermelonsCitrullus lanatuse1
- Treatment
- brown mulch and VisPore rowcovere4
- Outcome
- yieldse4
- Direction
- Highere4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“on the yield of `Crimson Sweet' watermelons”
e4“Higher yields were observed with brown mulch and VisPore rowcover”
Claim · model-written summary
Watermelons grown with mulches were significantly more numerous than the control.
- Taxon
- watermelonsCitrullus lanatuse5
- Treatment
- mulchese5
- Outcome
- total number of watermelonse5
- Direction
- significantly greatere5
- Comparator
- controle5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“The total number of watermelons grown with mulches was significantly greater than the control”
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