with tall, narrow, plastic cones during herbicide applications to prevent spray contact. Treatments established on 15 June 2005 included hairy vetch seed sown at 55 lb/acre, wheat straw spread to a uniform 3-inch depth, flax straw mulch laid with a 2
study was to examine the effect of an aluminized plastic film (APF) and a particle-based reflective film applied to the tree (PFT and PFW) and the grass (RPF) between tree rows, each with different R/FR reflection characteristics, on apple color and
bloom. Until size-controlling rootstocks can be used, a short-term solution that improves yield or increases the proportion of target fruit will be required for orchardists to remain competitive with existing plantings. Reflective mulches have been shown
temperature under weed mat and sawdust from 2007 to 2008 and reduced soil temperature fluctuations from day to night and with the seasons. Similar effects of plastic mulch or weed mat compared with a mulch of organic material on soil temperature has also been
-harvest practices: one experiment Expt. 1: Orchard management: summer pruning and reflective mulch. The first part of the orchard included 24 trees per each of six cultivars (‘Dayton’, ‘Delorina’, ‘Ella’, ‘Santana’, ‘Sultanat’, and ‘Zarya Alatau’). Trees were
resistance in the earliest plantings and gradually incorporate those with increased levels of virus resistance as the season progresses. Although cultural methods such as reflective plastic mulches can reduce levels of virus ( Boyhan et al., 2000 ); genetic
transcript. Columns with the same letter are not significantly different ( MdElip1A/B ); columns without letters are not significantly different at the P = 0.05 level; RPF = reflective particle film; APF = aluminized plastic film. Correlation of expression
.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
-suppressive cultural practices are needed for both conventional and organic blueberry systems. Organic mulches (e.g., sawdust or bark) have been shown to suppress soil populations of P. cinnamomi in eucalyptus ( Eucalyptus sp. L'Hér.), fraser fir [ Abies fraseri
consistent with those of Igbadun et al. (2012 ), who found onion yields were highest with either rice straw or black plastic mulch compared with bare ground during the dry summer season in Nigeria. In that study, seasonal water use was unaffected by mulch