Plastic mulch increased minimum temperature of soil, accelerated plant height,early growth, early yield, and bring satisfactory weed control without anyapplication of herbicides. This experiment was laid out on three-factorialRandomized Complete Block Design with three replications during 2008-2010 atthe National Rice Research Institute, Rasht, Iran using three kinds of mulches(Transparent and ...

In laboratory studies, the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr), and the odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile (Say), avoided aromatic cedar mulch as a nesting substrate. Both ant species were killed when confined with fresh aromatic cedar mulch in sealed containers. However, when confined with cedar mulch that had been aged outdoors for up to 140 d, mortality of L. humile was complete regard...

Recent discovery of low concentrations of bromacil in drinking water prompted the State of Hawaii to examine the leaching behavior of bromacil in pineapple fields. This study is a follow up to earlier work on bromacil concentrations in soil profiles in a pineapple field in central Oahu, Hawaii. Soil samples were collected for bromacil analysis at different times prior to and after application f...

Research was carried out in 2003 and 2004 in the open fi eld near Zagreb. Two types of plant material (TP and ‘frigo’ F) of late ripening cv. Raurica, were included in the trial. Th e plants were planted at the end of June 2003, in the period aft er the main season of the strawberry production in Croatia. White plastic mulch was used to decrease the heating caused by high summer temperatures. T...

Abstract This study aims to determine the effect of mulch treatment on growth and production garlic ( Allium sativum L.) in lowlands. The research was conducted Lempong Village, Bola District, Wajo Regency located 78 m above sea level (asl) with an average temperature 24ºC - 33ºC. set using a Split Plot Design (SPD) varieties as main plots consisting highland (var. Lumbu Hijau) lowland Putih) w...

This work evaluates the impact that the application of different mulches exerts on nitrogen (N) metabolism in roots and leaves and on yield of potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum var. Spunta). The parameters analyzed in this experiment were root temperature; nitrate reductase and nitrite reductase activities; concentrations of nitrates, ammonium, amino acids, proteins, and organic N; dry weight of...