Black plastic mulch affects soil temperature and yield of sweet potato under short season temperate climates

Rao, Sajjad Ali; Singh, Poonam; Gonsalves, Tom

doi:10.1080/19315260.2022.2111625

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“…The use of mulch is considered beneficial for conserving soil moisture, eliminating weeds, and subsequently increasing the nutrient supply to the soil through plant decomposition [8,11,28,29]. In tomatoes, cover crops (e.g., pearl millet and sunn hemp) improve fruit quality and suppress weed growth during plant cultivation [28].…”

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“…Soil coverage has several benefits to the production process, improving the quality of tomato fruits and soil, such as weed control, the reduction of water loss by evaporation, assistance in irrigation management, ease of harvesting, and marketing [5][6][7][8]. Furthermore, owing to the reduction in direct contact of the fruits with the soil, the soil cover promotes better quality plants and fruits; thus, they are harvested cleanly and with better quality and health, especially in creeping tomato hybrids [9].…”

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“…This technique retains higher soil moisture, with higher microbial activity and soil organic nitrogen mineralization, increasing the availability of nutrients for the plants. In addition, it reduces the rate of rotting fruits with the presence of straw, especially when using coverings with pearl millet and sorghum biomass and plastic mulch (polyethylene film), resulting in increased yields of various crops [8,10,11].…”

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Can Soil Cover Affect the Performance, Yield, and Quality of Creeping Fresh Market Tomato Hybrids?

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Soil cover is a major factor in the cultivation of creeping tomatoes, especially for in natura consumption. This study aimed to determine the combination of a suitable tomato hybrid and soil cover, resulting in superior production performance and quality attributes of tomato fruits. Tomato hybrids (Fascínio and Thaíse) were cultivated on five soil cover types (uncovered soil, plastic mulch, sorghum, Sudan grass, and pearl millet). The data were submitted to a principal component analysis (PCA), considering all the variables, through Biplot graphical analysis. A Pearson correlation analysis was performed at the 5% significance level. For biomass production, pearl millet and Sudan grass were distinguished from the other soil covers, showing lower decomposition rates and, consequently, longer half-lives. Covering with plastic mulch provided higher total (111 t ha−1) and commercial (74.4 t ha−1) yields, regardless of the analyzed hybrid. According to the PCA, soil cover management influences the production and quality of tomato fruits, except for chemical and post-harvest characteristics, and maintains ideal levels for commercialization for all treatments. The Fascínio hybrid presented better production attributes, higher total and commercial fruit production per plant as well as fruits with larger sizes, especially when grown in plastic mulch cover. The Fascínio hybrid also presented fruits with higher levels of bioactive compounds (lycopene and β-carotene).

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Can Soil Cover Affect the Performance, Yield, and Quality of Creeping Fresh Market Tomato Hybrids?

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“…Notably, mulch films can be applied in cold climate regions during parts of the winter season to avoid crop degradation due to frost. 3 From 2015 to 2020, the market size for mulch films grew exponentially with a compound annual growth rate of 6.5%. 4 Today, mulch films are predominantly manufactured as polypropylene or polyethylene films.…”

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Weathering of agricultural polyethylene films in cold climate regions: which parameters influence fragmentation?

Rowenczyk,

Jahandideh,

Lin

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“…Por ejemplo, el uso del mulch plástico aumentó el rendimiento del cultivo de trigo en un 10−15% (Ali et al, 2018), en papa un 24% (Li et al, 2018) y en maíz según Montemayor et al (2018) un 25%, mientras Li et al (2023) indicaron que puede mejorar el rendimiento del grano entre un 10,0 y un 16,7 %. Así mismo, se registró en el cultivo de camote en los años 2018, 2019 y 2020, un incremento del rendimiento promedio de los 3 años del 39% (Rao et al, 2023). Por tanto, la técnica del mulch ha contribuido en gran medida al aumento de la productividad agrícola.…”

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Geotemperatura, flujo neto de calor del suelo y variables morfológicas del cultivo de soya (Glycine max L.) bajo condiciones de mulch plástico

QUEZADA¹,

Aguilar

Romero

et al. 2023

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Most crops are affected by various factors, plastic mulch emerges as an alternative, causing a positive impact on the temperature in the root zone, microbial life and the physical properties of the soil associated with the improvement of crop yield. The objective of the research was to evaluate the yield of the soybean crop (Glycine max L.) under plastic mulch conditions. Geotemperature parameters, net heat flow from the soil and morphological variables were analyzed. The completely randomized design was used, the study factor was plastic mulch of different colors: black (T1), red (T2), blue (T3), and green (T4) and the control (T0, bare ground). The results showed that the plastic mulch influences the soil temperature up to 6 °C with respect to the bare soil (T4) and the net heat flux, the black and green colors are relevant, as well as the morphological variables, being the treatments T3 and T4, the ones that had the best results compared to bare soil, improving crop yield up to 2 t ha-1. Blue and green plastic mulch is a viable option to improve soybean productivity and economic performance.

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Black plastic mulch affects soil temperature and yield of sweet potato under short season temperate climates

Cited by 9 publications

References 14 publications

Can Soil Cover Affect the Performance, Yield, and Quality of Creeping Fresh Market Tomato Hybrids?

Can Soil Cover Affect the Performance, Yield, and Quality of Creeping Fresh Market Tomato Hybrids?

Weathering of agricultural polyethylene films in cold climate regions: which parameters influence fragmentation?

Geotemperatura, flujo neto de calor del suelo y variables morfológicas del cultivo de soya (Glycine max L.) bajo condiciones de mulch plástico

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