@article{Acosta_Vargas_Román_Vicente_Sánchez_1995, title={Mucuna deeringiana soil incorporated vs. non incorporated and yield in subsequent plantings of tomato, beans or corn}, volume={79}, url={https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/jaupr/article/view/4299}, DOI={10.46429/jaupr.v79i1-2.4299}, abstractNote={The effect of velvet bean Mucuna deeringiana plowed under three months after planting, and non incorporated (cut for forage three months after planting), on the nematode population (<em>Meloidogyne incognita</em>, races 1 and 4 and <em>Rotylenchulus reniformis</em>) and on yield of tomato, dry beans or corn was studied for two years (1989-1990) in the same experiment at the Agricultural Experiment Station at Isabela. A two-year rotation program with <em>Mucuna</em> plowed into the soil, followed by tomato, was the most effective control for the root knot and reniform nematodes.This method increased tomato yield 176% over that of continuous tomato. The root gall index in tomato roots significantly decreased in all plots previously planted with <em>Mucuna</em>. Nonincorporated <em>Mucuna</em> did not affect tomato yield. Soil incorporated as well as non-incorporated <em>Mucuna</em> increased dry bean yields (212% and 141%, respectively) in 1989 as compared to yield in monoculture. <em>Mucuna</em> did not affect corn yield.}, number={1-2}, journal={The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico}, author={Acosta, Nelia and Vargas, Roberto and Román, Obed and Vicente, Nydia and Sánchez, Luis}, year={1995}, month={Apr.}, pages={65–74} }