@article{Gardner:256680,
      recid = {256680},
      author = {Gardner, C. S. and Queeley, G. L.},
      title = {EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND SYNTHETIC MULCH (REFLECTIVE AND NON  REFLECTIVE) ON YIELD OF SCOTCH BONNET HOT PEPPER},
      address = {2001-07-15},
      number = {1883-2017-550},
      pages = {4},
      year = {2001},
      abstract = {Field studies were conducted at the Famu research farm at  Quincy, Florida, during the 1999 and 2000 growing seasons  to examine the effect of organic and synthetic mulches on  the yield potential of Scotch Bonnet hot peppers Capsicum  chinense. For the 1999 study, only 2 mulches, one organic  (Bahia grass) and one synthetic (black plastic) and a  control (bare ground) were used. The 2000 study extended  the synthetic mulches to white plastic and silver plastic  (both reflective) and the organic mulches to perennial  peanut and mushroom compost. For both years, the  experimental design was a Randomized Complete Block Design  with 3 replications. A drip irrigation system was installed  to supply the moisture requirements of the crop. Weekly  harvests were conducted to obtain data on yield parameters  such as fruit size, fruits plant"1 and marketable fruits  ha"1. For the first year of the study, fruits from plots  mulched with Bahia grass, were significantly larger (P <  0.05) than fruits from plots mulched with black and white  plastic. However, none of the plots showed any significant  differences in fruits plant"' and marketable fruits ha"1.  In the second year of the study, With the exception of  plots mulched with bahia grass, yield from plots mulched  with organic mulches were significantly higher, Ρ < 0.05  than plots mulched with black and white synthetic mulches  and the control plots. However, marketable fruit yield from  plots mulched with silver plastic was not statistically  different (P < 0.05) to yield from organic mulch plots.  Highest yield (2629 kg ha"1) was obtained from plots  mulched with mushroom compost. These plots also produced  significantly higher yield ha"1 and fruits plant"1 compared  to all plots with the exception of those mulched with  perennial peanut and silver plastic. Plots mulched with  black plastic produced significantly smaller fruits  compared to all other plots.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256680},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256680},
}