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Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2018 Water shortage is a key factor limiting potato yield in dryland farming regions, and the practice of soil mulching with plastic film has proven to be effective for increasing crop yield and improving soil and water conservation.
Qiang Li, Hongbing Li, Suiqi Zhang
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EFFECTS OF PLASTIC AND BIODEGRADABLE MULCH FILMS IN FIELD TOMATO CULTIVATION
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Hortorum Cultus, 2018 The yield quantity and quality depend on genetic factors, cultivation system and environmental conditions. Growth conditions can be improved by mulching the soil with plastic and biodegradable materials. A 2-factor experiment was conducted in 2011–2013 in the Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences.
Katarzyna Adamczewska-Sowińska +1 more
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Vadose Zone Journal, 2018 Plastic mulch in combination with high plant density is a common agronomic technique in rainfed maize ( L.) production. However, the effects of combining colored film mulching and plant density on soil temperature, soil water storage, the maize roots ...
Shijun Sun +3 more
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Evaluation of the functionality of bio-based plastic mulching films
Polymer Testing, 2018 Abstract Bio-based products represent a key component of the growing global bio-economy. New markets develop for innovative products made from bio-based feedstocks. The functionality of bio-based and conventional plastic films used in the agricultural sector was investigated for a set of representative mulching films.
Demetres Briassoulis +1 more
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Effect of different film color mulching on dry matter and grain yield of oil flax in dry-land
Oil Crop Science, 2020 Mulching can effectively maintain soil moisture; color of mulching film affects soil water storage capacity and further promote crop growth to improve grain yield.
Yuhong Gao +6 more
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Frontiers in Materials, 2021 The problem of residual film pollution in farmland caused by polyethylene mulching films is serious. The application effects of different mulching films combined with drip irrigation on maize planting in the Ili area, Xinjiang, China, were explored.
Ruhua Liu +11 more
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Efficiency analysis of watermelon under plastic film mulching systems
Cleaner Environmental Systems, 2023 Iran is the main watermelon producer in the world after China and Turkey. However, there is no practical information on which region, tillage and cultivation systems can achieve the most efficient watermelon production system in Iran. This study was conducted to assess the most efficient ways of watermelon production in three agroecosystems (cold ...
Houshyar, Ehsan, Bacenetti, Jacopo
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PLoS ONE, 2016 Mulching and nitrogen are critical drivers of crop production for smallholders of the Loess Plateau in China. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of mulching and nitrogen fertilizer on the soil water content, soil nitrate-N content ...
Xiukang Wang, Yingying Xing
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Conventional passive radiative cooling films rely on costly feedstocks and energy‐intensive fabrication, with poor end‐of‐life compatibility in agriculture. To address this challenge, a sustainable radiative cooling mulch (SRCM) is developed from waste maize leaves via spontaneous hydrogen‐bond self‐assembly.
Hao Li +13 more
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The Economics of Adopting Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Films
, 2018 Biodegradable plastic mulch films (BDM) are an alternative to conventional polyethylene (PE) mulches. Like PE mulches, BDM offer multiple benefits for specialty crop production such as weed control, soil moisture conservation and yield improvement, with the additional benefit of being 100 percent biodegradable, with no formation of toxic residues ...
Velandia, Margarita +9 more
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