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
containers. Plant growth impact of a white poly bag container compared with black rigid plastic container in shade was not as obvious as in full sun. Barriers or reflective materials placed on the substrate surface failed to affect RZT ( Fretz, 1971 , 1972
.3 kg per treated hectare; Soil Chemical Corp., Hollister, CA) and covered with reflective plastic mulch. Beds were spaced 152 cm apart, and young plants were planted in a single row within each bed at 46 cm in-row plant spacing. Irrigation was applied
(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
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
design. Cultural management followed regional commercial practices: in-row white plastic mulch as orchard floor management, drip irrigation (each plant received 3.4 L·h –1 , 3 h per week), and fertigation with liquid calcium nitrate (applied once a week
adapted to early-season culture. However, beginning in the mid-1970s, improved cultural techniques using different plastic mulches and rowcovers provided technologies for extending the growing season and increasing melon yields in northern latitudes
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
sudden vine decline in watermelons ( Adkins et al., 2008 ). Insecticide application combined with the use of light-reflective mulches may be a useful strategy to decrease aphid populations and control PRSV-W infectivity in commercial cucurbit fields