Publisher DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392019000400523
Title: Effect of geotextile and agrotextile covering on productivity and nutritional values in lettuce
Language: English
Authors: Tosic, Ivana 
Mirosavljevic, Milan 
Przulj, Novo 
Trkulja, Vojislav 
Pesevic, Dusica 
Barbir, Jelena 
Keywords: Lettuce; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Plastic mulch; Vitamin C; Woven agrotextile; Zinc
Issue Date: Dec-2019
Publisher: Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA (Chile)
Journal or Series Name: Chilean journal of agricultural research 
Volume: 79
Issue: 4
Startpage: 523
Endpage: 530
Abstract: 
In order to optimize the lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) production in greenhouses and to evaluate how a usage of mulching and covering plants with woven agrotextile affects its yields, N content, nitrate, Zn and vitamin C in lettuce leaves, a 2-yr experiment was established. In the experiments, black and white plastic foils were used for mulching before planting, and woven agrotextile for plant covering after planting. The effect of each, as well as combination of them, on lettuce growth and productivity was evaluated. The experiment involved six treatments: control (without mulch), polyethylene black plastic mulch, polyethylene white plastic mulch, polyethylene black plastic mulch and woven agrotextile, polyethylene white plastic mulch and woven agrotextile, and woven agrotextile. In the first growing season the yield was 23% higher when polyethylene black plastic mulch was used compared to the control. In the second growing season the yield was 29% higher when polyethylene black plastic mulch was used compared to the control. Nitrogen content decreased 9% when the woven agrotextile was used compared to the control. Polyethylene black plastic mulch and polyethylene black plastic mulch with agrotextile reduced Zn content compared to the control. Vitamin C content increased 21% when woven agrotextile was used compared to the control. The overall effect of mulching and covering plants with woven agrotextile showed positive effect on lettuce production. The results obtained could assist lettuce growers in selecting most effective production technologies in order to achieve highest yield and nutritional value in this crop.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12738/16351
ISSN: 0718-5839
Review status: This version was peer reviewed (peer review)
Institute: Department Gesundheitswissenschaften 
Fakultät Life Sciences 
Type: Article
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