Abstract
Abstract Purpose Mulching is a practice recommended for soil moisture conservation in potato. The wheat straw and rice straw obtained as major crop residues were used as mulching materials to compare their effectiveness for soil moisture retention in potato crop. Methods The field experiments were conducted in a randomized complete block design replicated thrice with three treatments viz. plots incorporated with wheat straw mulch, rice straw mulch at the rate of 10 tonnes per hectare each and no mulch serving as control. The soil moisture was determined using a soil moisture probe and data were recorded daily at 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cm soil depths. The Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy was used to investigate moisture retention characteristics of the mulch materials. Results Soil moisture retention varied as wheat straw mulch > rice straw mulch > no mulch at 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cm soil depths, respectively. Highest moisture retention in wheat straw mulch at 10 cm depth is attributed to better moisture absorption ability of wheat straw in comparison to rice straw. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope images indicated the presence of smaller sized micro tubes in wheat straw than rice straw, which resulted in more water retention, thereby substantiating the findings of the study. Conclusion Wheat straw mulch is more effective than rice straw mulch for shallow rooted crops like potato, due to better moisture absorption and retention in upper soil layer.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat straw mulch retained more soil moisture than rice straw mulch at the sampled depths.
- Taxon
- potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Treatment
- wheat straw mulche0
- Outcome
- Soil moisture retentione0
- Direction
- >e0
- Qualifier
- 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cme0
- Comparator
- rice straw mulche0
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Verbatim
t0“potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)”
e0“Soil moisture retention varied as wheat straw mulch > rice straw mulch > no mulch at 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cm soil depths, respectively.”
Claim · model-written summary
Rice straw mulch retained more soil moisture than no mulch at the sampled depths.
- Taxon
- potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- rice straw mulche0
- Outcome
- Soil moisture retentione0
- Direction
- >e0
- Qualifier
- 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cme0
- Comparator
- no mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)”
e0“Soil moisture retention varied as wheat straw mulch > rice straw mulch > no mulch at 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cm soil depths, respectively.”
Claim · model-written summary
Greater wheat straw absorption was proposed to explain its highest moisture retention at 10 cm.
- Taxon
- potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- wheat straw mulche0
- Outcome
- Highest moisture retentione0
- Qualifier
- better moisture absorption ability of wheat strawe0
- Comparator
- rice strawe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)”
e0“Highest moisture retention in wheat straw mulch at 10 cm depth is attributed to better moisture absorption ability of wheat straw in comparison to rice straw.”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat straw had smaller micro tubes than rice straw.
- Taxon
- potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosumt0
- Material
- wheat strawe0
- Outcome
- micro tubese0
- Direction
- smaller sizede0
- Comparator
- rice strawe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)”
e0“Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope images indicated the presence of smaller sized micro tubes in wheat straw than rice straw, which resulted in more water retention, thereby substantiating the findings of the study.”
Claim · model-written summary
Smaller wheat straw micro tubes were proposed to increase water retention.
- Taxon
- potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosumt0
- Material
- wheat strawe0
- Outcome
- water retentione0
- Direction
- moree0
- Qualifier
- smaller sized micro tubese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)”
e0“Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope images indicated the presence of smaller sized micro tubes in wheat straw than rice straw, which resulted in more water retention, thereby substantiating the findings of the study.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend wheat straw mulch over rice straw mulch for shallow rooted crops such as potato.
- Taxon
- potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)Solanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- Wheat straw mulche0
- Outcome
- Wheat straw mulch is more effective than rice straw mulche0
- Comparator
- rice straw mulche0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“potato crop (Solanum tuberosum L.)”
e0“Wheat straw mulch is more effective than rice straw mulch for shallow rooted crops like potato, due to better moisture absorption and retention in upper soil layer.”
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