Field experiments on tomato and lettuce seed-bed solarization were conducted at Deir-Ezzor in Syria. The well prepared and pre irrigated seed-bed plots were covered with 40 micron thick clear polyethylene mulches for a duration of 6 weeks prior to tomato and lettuce planting for the two seasons (2009, 2010). Soil solarization raised the maximum of soil temperature at 0 , 5 and 10 cm depths to 58, 50 and 46 °C, with increase of 9.9 and 7.5 over the nonsolarized treatment respectively . Solarization resulted in approximately 98 % and 80 % reduction for annual and perennial weeds. Seed-bed solarization increased healthy tomato and lettuce transplants production as compared with the untreated plots. It also produced taller transplants with more leaves and higher fresh weight.
Al-Obeid, S. (2011). Improving Transplants Production of Tomato & Lettuce Using Soil Solarization. Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, 25(2), 53-58. doi: 10.21608/fjard.2011.195649
MLA
Saleh Al-Obeid. "Improving Transplants Production of Tomato & Lettuce Using Soil Solarization", Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, 25, 2, 2011, 53-58. doi: 10.21608/fjard.2011.195649
HARVARD
Al-Obeid, S. (2011). 'Improving Transplants Production of Tomato & Lettuce Using Soil Solarization', Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, 25(2), pp. 53-58. doi: 10.21608/fjard.2011.195649
VANCOUVER
Al-Obeid, S. Improving Transplants Production of Tomato & Lettuce Using Soil Solarization. Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, 2011; 25(2): 53-58. doi: 10.21608/fjard.2011.195649
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