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early June. The tops of the hoops were ∼80 cm above the plastic mulched bed. Tunnel coverings consisted of a no-cover control, Cascade TM 6-mil polyethylene clear plastic (Cascade Light Technologies, Clamart, France) with 71% light transmission
-film treatment (control), and two reflecting film treatments. The first treatment was Extendayâ„¢ reflective plastic mulch (Extendayâ„¢ New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand), 300-cm-wide strips secured to trees with staples and elastic bands (Extendayâ„¢ treatment). The
Board general list. One of the primary issues faced by organic sweetpotato production is suppressing weeds without the use of synthetic herbicides. Sweetpotato grown under plastic mulch with drip irrigation resulted in improved weed suppression, and this
never been validated using organic insecticides. Cultural methods like intercropping and reflective plastic mulch inconsistently suppress disease in organic systems ( Cline et al. 2008 ; Haber et al. 2023 ). Similarly, the efficacy and profitability of
.G. Mitchell, J.P. Stapleton, J.J. 2004 Management of aphid-borne viruses and Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in zucchini squash by using UV reflective plastic and wheat straw mulches Environ. Entomol. 33 1447 1457 doi: https://doi.org/10
, M.D. Masiri, J. 2009 Reflective plastic mulch but not a resistance-inducing treatment reduced Watermelon mosaic virus incidence and yield losses in squash Intl. J. Veg. Sci. 15 3 12 Provvidenti, R. 1991 Inheritance of resistance to the Florida
., 2019 ), and those with reflective films ( Binbin et al., 2015 ) for enhancing anthocyanin content and peel color of peaches ( Liu et al., 2015 ; Zhou et al., 2019 ). Furthermore, plastic bags were recommended for enhancing the fruit size and soluble
; Willden et al., 2021 ). However, most commercial strawberry producers in New England are accustomed to overwintering strawberry plants, and depending on the production system (plastic mulch or matted-row), growers typically keep strawberry plantings for
for exclusion, reflective mulches or screens to repel ( Antignus, 2000 ), and insecticides such as spinosad ( Greer and Diver, 1999 ). If virus is not a concern, then the addition of biological control to manage thrips is possible. Two predators are
(0.6 m wide and 0.2 m tall) were then prepared. A drip irrigation system was installed to irrigate the seedlings. A single row of plants was grown in the middle of plastic mulch with a single lateral for each row and one drip emitter per plant to