creators_name: Walker, R L
creators_name: Svoboda, K
creators_name: Booth, E J
creators_name: Walker, K C
editors_name: Atkinson, C
editors_name: Ball, B
editors_name: Davies, D H K
editors_name: Rees, R
editors_name: Russell, G
editors_name: Stockdale, E A
editors_name: Watson, C A
editors_name: Walker, R
editors_name: Younie, D
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-12-20
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:35:23
metadata_visibility: show
title: Coloured mulch as a weed control technology and yield booster for summer savory
ispublished: pub
subjects: 9weed
subjects: 5vegetables
full_text_status: public
keywords: Plastic mulch, colour, Satureja hortensis, essential oil
abstract: An investigation into the effect of coloured mulch technology as a technique to control weeds when growing the essential oil plant, summer savory (Satureja hortensis) was made. As well as weed control, the effects on the production of crop biomass and essential oil content and quality were also considered. The mulch treatments produced significantly more biomass than either of the control treatments (which used no mulch either with or without herbicide). The white mulch treatment produced the greatest biomass, closely followed by the red mulch treatment. The blue mulch treatment was third in ranking, although not significantly greater than the black mulch. Estimates of the quantity of essential oil produced by each treatment followed a similar trend to that shown by biomass production.
date: 2006
date_type: published
publication: Aspects of Applied Biology 79, What will organic farming deliver? COR 2006
publisher: Association of Applied Biologists
pagerange: 233-236
refereed: never
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citation: Walker, R L; Svoboda, K; Booth, E J and Walker, K C (2006) Coloured mulch as a weed control technology and yield booster for summer savory. What can organic farming deliver? COR 2006, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 18-20 September 2006. In: Atkinson, C; Ball, B; Davies, D H K; Rees, R; Russell, G; Stockdale, E A; Watson, C A; Walker, R and Younie, D (Eds.) Aspects of Applied Biology 79, What will organic farming deliver? COR 2006, Association of Applied Biologists, pp. 233-236.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/10235/1/Coloured_mulch_as_a_weed_control_technology_and_yield_booster_for_summer_savory.pdf