Mulching as a means of producing vegetable crops under a limited water supply

The effect of five mulch treatments (barley and wheat straw) on the soil and plant water relations of tomato, pepper and cantaloupe plants was compared with the control, unmulched treatment during the summer of 1983. Also, the effect of mulch on soil temperature and plant yield was evaluated. Planti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Delgado Duran, Francisco Oscar.
Other Authors: Schonhorst, Melvin H.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1984
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/191803