Abstract
An experiment was undertaken to identify the suitable mulch paper for different high value vegetables during the winter season of November 2019 to March 2020 at the research farm of Olericulture Division, Horticulture Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh. The experiment was randomized complete block design with 3 replications. Three vegetables varieties viz., netted melon, watermelon, cucumber and 3 mulch treatments viz., T1=Silver over black mulch; T2= Black mulch; T3= No mulch were included in this study. Different vegetables responded differently with the changes of mulches irrespective of different characters. Considering relationship between the soil moisture content and fruit number it was clear that fruit number, average fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter was strongly related with soil moisture content. The effect of different plastic mulches on fruit weight per plant and yield (t/ha) were significant. Mulching produced higher fruit yield per plant and fruit yield per hectare than for the control, indicating that the mulch had positive effect in generating increased fruit yield. Silver over black plastic mulch produced the highest fruit yield viz., 24.22 t/ha (cucumber), 26.37 t/ha (netted melon), 43.59 t/ha (watermelon) followed by black and no mulches. Obviously, control plot produced the lowest fruit yield.
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Fruit number was strongly related to soil moisture content.
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e0“fruit number, average fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter was strongly related with soil moisture content”
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Average fruit weight was strongly related to soil moisture content.
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e0“fruit number, average fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter was strongly related with soil moisture content”
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Fruit length was strongly related to soil moisture content.
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e0“fruit number, average fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter was strongly related with soil moisture content”
t0“Vine Vegetables”
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Fruit diameter was strongly related to soil moisture content.
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e0“fruit number, average fruit weight, fruit length, fruit diameter was strongly related with soil moisture content”
t0“Vine Vegetables”
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Plastic mulches significantly affected fruit weight per plant.
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e0“The effect of different plastic mulches on fruit weight per plant and yield (t/ha) were significant”
t0“Vine Vegetables”
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Plastic mulches significantly affected yield.
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e0“The effect of different plastic mulches on fruit weight per plant and yield (t/ha) were significant”
t0“Vine Vegetables”
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Mulching increased fruit yield per plant compared with control.
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e0“Mulching produced higher fruit yield per plant and fruit yield per hectare than for the control”
t0“Vine Vegetables”
Claim · model-written summary
Mulching increased fruit yield per hectare compared with control.
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e0“Mulching produced higher fruit yield per plant and fruit yield per hectare than for the control”
t0“Vine Vegetables”
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Silver over black plastic mulch gave cucumber yield of 24.22 t/ha, the highest mulch treatment.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativuse0 - Treatment
- Silver over black plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
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- higheste0
- Value
- 24.22 t/hae0
- Comparator
- black and no mulchese0
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e0“Silver over black plastic mulch produced the highest fruit yield viz., 24.22 t/ha (cucumber), 26.37 t/ha (netted melon), 43.59 t/ha (watermelon) followed by black and no mulches”
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Silver over black plastic mulch gave netted melon yield of 26.37 t/ha, the highest mulch treatment.
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e0“Silver over black plastic mulch produced the highest fruit yield viz., 24.22 t/ha (cucumber), 26.37 t/ha (netted melon), 43.59 t/ha (watermelon) followed by black and no mulches”
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Silver over black plastic mulch gave watermelon yield of 43.59 t/ha, the highest mulch treatment.
- Taxon
- watermelon
Citrullus lanatuse0 - Treatment
- Silver over black plastic mulche0
- Outcome
- fruit yielde0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 43.59 t/hae0
- Comparator
- black and no mulchese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Silver over black plastic mulch produced the highest fruit yield viz., 24.22 t/ha (cucumber), 26.37 t/ha (netted melon), 43.59 t/ha (watermelon) followed by black and no mulches”
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Control plots produced the lowest fruit yield.
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e0“control plot produced the lowest fruit yield”
t0“Vine Vegetables”
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