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Design and Testing of Friction-Type Nail-Tooth-Chain-Plate Residual-Film-Picking System

Agriculture
Compared with the conventional horizontal conveyor-chain-type plastic-film-picking device, the longitudinal nail-tooth-chain-plate-type plastic-film-picking device developed by our team in the early stage has little tearing effect on the mulching film ...
Deli Jiang, Xuegeng Chen, Limin Yan, Jinhao Zhang, Tao Wu, Xuanhe Fu   +5 more
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Genotype, mulching, and cropping system interactions drive vegetative growth and storage root yield in temperate‐grown sweetpotato

Crop Science, Volume 66, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
Abstract Understanding interactions among genotype, environment, and management is crucial for optimizing crop performance under climate variability. Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.), a nutrient‐rich root crop increasingly cultivated in temperate regions, exhibits complex source‐sink dynamics that remain insufficiently characterized in organic ...
Mohamed Neji, Vladimir Meglič, Nataša Kunstelj, Barbara Pipan, Lovro Sinkovič   +4 more
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Evaluation of Recycled Paper Mulch for Vegetables as an Alternative to Plastic Film Mulch

Abstract Mulch is considered beneficial for controlling weeds, water conservation, and encouraging plant growth. However, not much research has been done on how pepper growth is affected by Kraft recycled paper mulch. For this reason, Field trials conducted in 2022 and 2023 aimed to investigate the effects of different mulches on ...
S. H. Mahmoud, Dina M. Salama, S. D. Abou-Hussein, S. M. El-Sawy   +3 more
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ECO-COMPATIBLE PLASTIC FILMS FOR CROP MULCHING AND SOIL SOLARIZATION IN GREENHOUSE

Acta Horticulturae, 2007
The study was conducted in 2002–2004 close to Experimental Farm “Pantanello” (Lat. 40°20’ N; Long. 16°48’ E) located in Southern Italy (Basilicata Region). Tomato mulching was studied by using several innovative films (three co-extruded and three biodegradable ones), compared with a traditional film (LDPE), and on soil solarization conducted from July ...
CANDIDO, Vincenzo, MICCOLIS, Vito, CASTRONUOVO, Donato, MANERA, Carlo   +3 more
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Can Biostimulants and Phytohormones Improve Early Growth, Biomass Allocation, and Photosynthesis in Miscanthus Plug Plants?

Food and Energy Security, Volume 15, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
Application of biostimulants and phytohormones enhanced Miscanthus plug growth by increasing height, biomass, and photosynthetic efficiency. Treatments such as Liquid Ice and IAA improved early vigor and resource allocation, offering a scalable strategy to strengthen establishment and accelerate the deployment of Miscanthus for sustainable bioenergy ...
Joseph O. Obaje, Danny Awty‐Carroll, Michal Mos, Jason Kam, Rachael C. Symonds, Richard J. Webster   +5 more
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Rhizobia Inoculation Enhances Soybean Productivity Through Optimization of Root and Leaf Traits in the Huang‐Huai‐Hai Plain

Food and Energy Security, Volume 15, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
Rhizobia inoculation enhances soybean yield by optimizing root morphology and leaf SPAD, while alleviating the inhibitory effects of nitrogen on nodulation and nitrogenase activity. These physiological improvements promote greater biomass accumulation and seeds per plant, ultimately resulting in significantly higher productivity and profitability ...
Lei Yang, Xiaofei Chen, Wenjun Jin, Dagang Wang, Changfu Tian, Chong Xu, Lingcong Kong, Zhiping Huang, Yifei Lu, Chang Liu, Zhaohai Zeng, Wenfeng Chen, Xiangbei Du   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Degradable film mulching recruited beneficial microbiota and increased rhizosphere bacterial diversity in sunflower

Scientific Reports
The degradable film can solve the problem that the traditional plastic film is difficult to recycle and heavy pollution for a long time. The effects of degraded film mulching on microbial diversity are significant.
Tiantian Meng, Hengtong Bu, Xiangqian Zhang, Xuanyi Chen, Weini Wang, Min Zhao, Junmei Liu, Jianwei Zhang, Dejian Zhang, Zhanyuan Lu, Xiaoyu Zhao   +10 more
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates as Sustainable Agricultural Plastics: Processing Strategies, Performance, and Environmental Perspectives

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Volume 311, Issue 5, May 2026.
This review highlights polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) as biodegradable materials for agricultural plastics. It outlines how composition, processing, and formulation strategies shape material properties and end‐of‐life behavior. Applications in films and foams are discussed alongside current limitations in cost and scalability, emphasizing emerging ...
Giulia de Simão de Sousa, Athanasios Latras, Carmen Fernández, Luis Francisco Mínguez Enkovaara, Amparo Jiménez‐Quero   +4 more
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Mulching Practices Improve Soil Moisture and Enzyme Activity in Drylands, Increasing Potato Yield

Agronomy
Mulch is an important measure for improving agricultural productivity in many semiarid regions of the world. However, the impacts of various mulching materials on soil hydrothermal characteristics, enzyme activity, and potato yield in fields have not ...
Wenhuan Song, Fanxiang Han, Zhengyu Bao, Yuwei Chai, Linlin Wang, Caixia Huang, Hongbo Cheng, Lei Chang   +7 more
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Harnessing fungi and bacteria to speed up the biodegradation of plastic mulch films

Science of The Total Environment
Plastics and microplastics are pervasive in agricultural systems, underscoring the need for effective mitigation strategies. Here, we explored microbial treatments to accelerate the degradation of plastic mulch films composed of commercial (LDPE-m) and additive-free (LDPE-p) low-density polyethylene and a blend containing polybutylene adipate-co ...
Munhoz, Davi R., Meng, Ke, Merloti, Luis F., Geissen, Violette, Zhang, Jianhua, Harkes, Paula   +5 more
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