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over grass under the same experimental conditions ( Gill, 1983 ). These observations are relevant to horticultural applications where the surface could be a natural or plastic mulch of relatively high albedo. In the present study, shields with open
vegetation HortTechnology 19 346 352 Blanke, M. 2008 Alternatives to reflective mulch cloth (Extenday TM ) for apple under hail net? Sci. Hort. 116 223 226 Camelo, L. Gomez, P. 2004 Comparison of color indexes for tomato ripening Horticultura Brasileira
effect of reflective plastic mulch combined with chemical treatments for management of whitefly on WVD development during fall growing periods of 2006 and 2007. The chemical treatment consisted of drenching the plants with Admire (Imidacloprid) at
practices for the region: on raised beds with black plastic mulch and drip irrigation. Rows of plastic had 1.8-m spacing and plants situated on double rows on plastic with 30.5 cm in-row spacing and 45.7 cm between rows on a single bed of plastic. Preplant
.S. Adkins, S.T. Turechek, W.W. Roberts, P.D. 2008 Use of reflective plastic mulch and insecticide sprays to manage viral watermelon vine decline in Florida, 2007 Plant Disease Management Reports. 2 V169 Levi, A. Thomas, C.E. Joobeur, T. Zhang, X. Davis, A
The commercial greenhouse and nursery industries often produce crops in plastic containers of varying sizes and shapes depending on the crop and target market ( Evans and Hensley, 2004 ). Plastic containers serve the role of consumer packaging
plant introductions (PI) for tolerance to watermelon vine decline, 2006 Plant Disease Management Reports 1 V012 Kousik, C.S. Adkins, S. Turechek, W.W. Roberts, P.D. 2008 Use of reflective plastic mulch and insecticide sprays to manage viral watermelon
energy in the infrared range. Therefore, LEDs are suitable for use to promote plant growth in a controlled environment ( Yeh and Chung, 2009 ). Okamoto and Yoshizawa (1996) reported that diffused reflection by reflective mulch increased the yield of
.i./acre) POST, a plastic mulch only treatment, and then a bareground nontreated control. After a period of 40 days after planting, the POST treatments of halosulfuron (0.036 a.i./acre and 0.018 a.i./acre) were applied when nutsedge emergence had reached peak
experienced more white mold when grown on black plastic mulch beds than when grown in soilless bags on soil covered in black landscape fabric 44 and 62 days after first harvest ( P = 0.0054, Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel test). In nonfumigated high tunnels, after