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Effect of mulching materials on the soil temperature, soil water potential, number and weight tubers of organic potatoes

Dvorak, Petr; Tomasek, Jaroslav and Hamouz, Karel (Eds.) (2011) Effect of mulching materials on the soil temperature, soil water potential, number and weight tubers of organic potatoes. .

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The mulching with chopped grass (GM) and black textile mulch (BTM) were compared to non-mulching control variant (C) with mechanical cultivation in two regions of the Czech Republic. Especially in plots with BTM were first formed ridges and covered by the black polypropylene non-woven textile and then they were planting. The surface mulching of potatoes affected the soil temperature (higher about 0.2 – 1.6 °C than in C) and water potential of the soil (higher only by 8 kPa than in C). GM had a significant effect on the yield of ware potatoes. The final tuber yield was higher by 22.9 % on plots with GM in comparison with C. GM resulted in a significant increase of the number and weight of tuber fraction 56-60 mm and over 60 mm.


EPrint Type:Proceedings
Keywords:grass mulch, textile mulch, yield, organic agriculture
Subjects:"Organics" in general
Farming Systems
Soil
Research affiliation: Czech Republic > Czech University of Life Sciences (CZU)
Deposited By: Dvořák, Ing., Ph.D. Petr
ID Code:20540
Deposited On:05 Mar 2012 10:12
Last Modified:05 Mar 2012 10:12
Document Language:English
Status:Published

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