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
., 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
-cost Quonset-style greenhouse. Univ. Nebraska Coop. Ext. EC 104 Meyer, G.E. Paparozzi, E.T. Walter-Shea, E.A. Blankenship, E.E. Adams, S.A. 2012 An Investigation of reflective mulches for use over capillary mat systems for winter-time greenhouse strawberry
; 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
management of thrips vectors has been effective using reflective plastic mulch ( Greenough et al., 1990 ; Reitz et al., 2003 ), early-season insecticide treatments ( Brown and Brown, 1992 ; Riley and Pappu, 2000 ), host–plant resistance ( Krishna et al
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
a waterwheel planter on 29 May 2009 and 14 June 2010. Plants were set into 4 to 5-inch-tall raised beds covered with 1-mil embossed black plastic mulch with a single line of drip irrigation tubing [12-inch emitter spacing, 0.45 gal/min per 100 ft
. (2008) reported significantly increased yields in zucchini squash ( C. pepo var. cylindrica ) resulting from improved nitrogen use efficiency with drip tubing placed 15 cm below the surface of a plastic mulch beds. Placing SDI at depths of 20 cm has
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