The Effect of Mulch on Weed Dry Weight and Soil Humidity and Temperature in Pepino (Solanum muricatum)

علوم باغبانی

Article 5, Volume 26, Issue 3, September 2012   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jhorts4.v0i0.15206

Authors

Elahe Mirabi^* ; Seyyed Hossein Nemati; Gholamhossein Davarynejad; Hossein Arouiee

Ferdowsi university of Mashhad

Abstract

Pepino (Solanum muricatum), a new vegetable crops, is from Solanaceae family and cultivated as annual crops. In order to investigate the effects of mulch on weed dry weight in pepino and soil humidity and temperature, an experiment was conducted based on randomized completely design with three replication at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad green house, during 2009. Treatments included rice straw mulch, wood chips mulch and control. sampling was recorded at four stages. The result indicated that the effect of mulch was significant (P

Keywords

Pepino; Wood chips mulch; Rice straw mulch; Weeds