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COMPARISON OF MULCHING TREATMENTS ON GROWTH AND PHYSIOLOGY OF HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY
Article number
715_33
Pages
237 – 240
Language
English
Abstract
Three-year-old highbush blueberry plants Bluecrop and halfhigh blueberry St.
Cloud grown under moss, sawdust or bark mulch and as an un-mulched control were evaluated for plant growth and physiology.
Results showed that the growth under mulching treatment of Bluecrop were better than that under the control treatment. In Bluecrop, plant height and width, shoot length, dry weight of 100 leaves and dry weight of roots were in the order of moss> bark> sawdust> control.
In St.
Cloud, there was no significant difference in growth among different mulching treatments.
The photosynthetic rate and respiration increased in mulched plants compared to the control and was in the order of moss> bark> sawdust.
Membrane permeability and total sugar decreased with the mulching treatment.
Mulching is an important method for blueberry cultivation and moss mulching was found to be the best.
Cloud grown under moss, sawdust or bark mulch and as an un-mulched control were evaluated for plant growth and physiology.
Results showed that the growth under mulching treatment of Bluecrop were better than that under the control treatment. In Bluecrop, plant height and width, shoot length, dry weight of 100 leaves and dry weight of roots were in the order of moss> bark> sawdust> control.
In St.
Cloud, there was no significant difference in growth among different mulching treatments.
The photosynthetic rate and respiration increased in mulched plants compared to the control and was in the order of moss> bark> sawdust.
Membrane permeability and total sugar decreased with the mulching treatment.
Mulching is an important method for blueberry cultivation and moss mulching was found to be the best.
Authors
L. Wu, H. Yu, L. Dong, Y. Zhu, C. Li, Z. Zhang, Y. Li
Keywords
photosynthesis, respiration, plant growth, sawdust, peat, root growth
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