Economic Analysis of Three Soil-Surface Practices for Production of Fresh Market Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

• Published in: Journal of crop improvement Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 113 - 123
• Main Authors: Mitchell, Jeffrey P, Summers, Charles G, Newton, Albert S, Stapleton, James J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Group 2013; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Agricultural production; biomass; costs and returns; cover crop; cover crops; crop production; Crops; fresh market; insect pest damage; Lycopersicon esculentum; mulches; mulching; no-tillage; plastics; silver; Solanum; Solanum lycopersicum; tomatoes; vegetable crops; California; USA, California

Plastic and cover crop mulches are widely used in a number of vegetable crop production areas, but they currently are not commonly used in California. Evaluations of the effects of silver UV reflective plastic (RP) and cool-season cover crop (CC) mulches relative to the standard, bare-ground product...