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The Effectiveness of Plastic Mulch for Maintaining the Potato Farmland in Dieng Plateau Using Soil Biological Quality Index

open access: yesBiosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education, 2019
Dieng farmers apply plastic mulch to reduce erosion and to prevent the loss of nutrients. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of plastic mulch in maintaining the quality of potato farmland using the Soil Biological Quality Index (QBS-ar ...
Dian Agustina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of grass mulch application on tubers size and yield of ware potatoes in organic farming [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The aim of this experiment was to evaluate influence of mulching on the tuber yield and on the number of ware potatoes. In organic farming grass mulch for potatoes was used in 2008.
Dvorak, Petr   +3 more
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Effect of a Hay Mulch and of a Companionate Planting on Cabbage Pest Populations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Cabbage crop environments were modified by either use of a hay mulch or intercrop- ping with companionate plants (nasturtium, thyme, and rosemary). A temporary reduction in egg and larval numbers of imported cabbageworm (Artogeia rapae L.) occurred on ...
Cranshaw, W. S
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Black polypropylene non-woven textile as mulch in organic farming [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Black polypropylene textile was used in potatoes by organic agriculture and it had positive effect on soil temperature (in the depth of 100 mmJ. Slightly higher soil temperatures under black polypropylene mulch in the vegetation oeriod after planting had
Dvorak, Petr   +4 more
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Impact of reused or new plastic mulch on survival of Escherichia coli and transfer to tomato and bell pepper fruit

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
This study determined survival of the surrogate Escherichia coli TVS 353 GFP on reused plastic mulch (double-cropped) versus new plastic mulch (single-cropped) and transfer to fruit with ground contact in a field setting.
Autumn R. Burnett   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stable Isotope Paleoaltimetry of the Tibetan-Himalayan System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
HKT-ISTP 2013 Opening ...
Mulch, Andreas
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Eco-friendly sustainable farming: Enhancing summer tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum mill.) yield with jute non-woven agro textile Mulch

open access: yesHeliyon
Jute-based non-woven was engineered using 50 % pure jute with 50 % caddis (mill waste of jute) on a weight basis. Jute non-woven mulch with 100 % jute (100:0) of 250, 450, and 650 g per square meter (GSM), the blend non-woven of pure jute with caddis (50:
Nilimesh Mridha   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Mulch Textile Application on Weed Control and Mandarin Growing in Newly Established Mandarin Orchard

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2017
In this study, material that we call mulch textile was investigated as compared with conventional polyethylene mulch nylon and mechanical and chemical control that are widely used in farmer’s conditions to weed control in newly established citrus ...
Yasin Emre Kitiş   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Influence of Reflective Mulches and Lettuce Types on the Incidence of Aster Yellows and Abundance of its Vector, \u3ci\u3eMacrosteles Fascifrons\u3c/i\u3e (Homoptera: Cicadelidae), in Minnesota [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Five commercial lettuce cultivars representing different genetic types were grown through aluminum-coated paper, through black polyethylene film, and on bare soil. For each variety, the aluminum mulch reduced the numbers of Macrosteles fascifrons (St~l),
Zalom, Frank G
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Porous polyethylene and proplast [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
A comparative animal study showed that, after implantation in skull defects in guinea pigs, porous high-density polyethylene (PHDPE) was substantially better anchored in the bone than Proplast, and had greater stability of form and structure. In Proplast,
Berghaus, Alexander   +2 more
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