Post-planting weed control methods on abandoned farmland were studied in three fi eld trials in southern Finland using a completely randomized design with four treatments and 30 to 40 replications. Mulches of 60 × 60 cm [sheet mulch – strips of plane waste and plastic fi bre, newspaper – waste paper slurry, wood chips, pure wood fi bre slurry], herbicides [i.e. glyphosate or terbuthylazine alon...

Abstract The research was conducted to study the performance of cucumber under protected conditions with different plastic mulches. This experiment in a split plot design, having irrigation levels as main and mulches subplots. revealed that mulching helped maintain soil moisture higher than bare black mulch showed temperature (23.3%) 100% irrigation. Plant height yield also influenced by mulchi...

cantaloupe (cucumis melo var reticulatus) belongs to cucurbitaceae family and is cultivated in various parts of iran. polyethylene mulches have recently been used in vegetable growing, for different purposes. to study the effects of different polythylehe mulches on the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of cantaloupe, an experiment was conducted in kaboutar-abad agricultural research ...

Farmers in India rarely employ plastic mulches tomato cultivation, despite the fact that it has potential to save irrigation water, manage weeds, and increase output. The precision of water for production using various colour was evaluated an experimental farm at UAS-Raichur. Because effect levels, 120 percent evapotranspiration based treatment had most soil moisture availability, while 60 by d...

The need to increase agricultural production in proportion population growth and water crisis management requires initiatives that can the quantity quality of crops by using soil moisture storage methods while preserving environment. According problem presented, order simulate temperature, humidity radiation farm environment, a control system, along with laboratory facilities were designed cons...

A Comprehensive Review of the Effects of Mulching The following is excerpted from “Impact of Mulches on Landscape Plants and the Environment—A Review,” by Linda Chalker-Scott (Washington State University, Puyallup Research and Extension Center, 7612 Pioneer Way E., Puyallup, WA 98371), Journal of Environmental Horticulture 25(4), December 2007, 239249, published by the Horticultural Research In...

Living and dead plant vegetation on the surface of soils can provide opportunities for regulating pest populations in no-tillage production systems. Cover crops generate substantial quantities of surface vegetation and residue that can be managed to enhance control of pests. Research at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center has shown that weed germination and emergence is inhibited by hig...

Four cultivars that had performed more favorably of several evaluated in 2000 Spring studies were compared on three plastic mulches and a bare ground control in Spring 2001. All cultivars performed similarly on the plastic, for the most part all performing better than on the bare ground. As in previous studies, the percentage of plants forming marketable was less than desirable, ranging from a ...

HIGHLIGHTS Saline stress did not affect the initial growth of cowpea crop. The use mulch provides better morphological results in Vegetal mulches as soil protection (sugarcane bagasse and bamboo straw) attenuated effect salts on gas exchange cowpea.

The results of two years (2010-2011) of field studies using two types of nonwoven mulches (one biodegradable, polylactic acid PLA 54 g m-2, and traditional polypropylene PP 50 g m-2) on the yield and quality of tomato are presented. Seeds of tomato (‘Mundi’ F1) were sown in a greenhouse, in containers filled with perlite and sand, and then the plants at the cotyledon stage were replanted in mul...