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Productivity Benefits from Plastic Mulch in Vegetable Production Likely to Limit Adoption of Alternate Practices that Deliver Water Quality Benefits: An On-Farm Case Study [PDF]
Horticulturae, 2017 Intensive tillage, high fertiliser inputs, and plastic mulch on the soil surface are widely used by vegetable growers. A field investigation was carried out to quantify the impact of alternate land management and fertiliser practices designed to improve ...
Gunasekhar Nachimuthu +2 more
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Soil Microbial Communities Associated With Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Films. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2020 Agricultural plastic mulch films provide a favorable soil microclimate for plant growth, improving crop yields. Biodegradable plastic mulch films (BDMs) have emerged as a sustainable alternative to widely used non-biodegradable polyethylene (PE) films.
Bandopadhyay S +5 more
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Fertilization and Colors of Plastic Mulch Affect Biomass and Essential Oil of Sweet-Scented Geranium [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, 2014 Sweet-scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L’Hér), a plant belonging to the Geraniaceae family, has medicinal and aromatic properties and is widely used in the cosmetic, soap, perfume, aromatherapy, and food industries.
Anderson de Carvalho Silva +5 more
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Horticulturae, 2021 Environmental concerns as well as labor costs associated with the use of polyethylene plastic mulch have turned producers’ focus to alternative mulch treatments.
Kathryn Fontenot +5 more
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The Effect of Plastic Mulch on Water Consumption and Morphophysiological Traits of Oat and Barley [PDF]
Water Harvesting Research, 2023 Plastic mulches play an important role in reducing water consumption. An experiment was conducted at Research Greenhouse, Razi University, Iran. The experiment was a completely randomized design with three treatments and three replications.
Hassan Heidari, Salman Aliakbari
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End-of-Life Management Options for Agricultural Mulch Films in the United States—A Review
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 Polyethylene plastic mulches are widely used in specialty cropping systems in the United States due to the horticultural benefits they provide. However, polyethylene mulch is reapplied seasonally, generating large volumes of plastic waste that contribute
Brenda Madrid +10 more
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Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2022 Biodegradable plastic mulch is potentially a suitable alternative to conventional polyethylene mulch because of the limited disposal options of the latter. However, biodegradable plastic mulch must perform better or comparably to polyethylene mulch to be
Henry Y. Sintim +5 more
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Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2022 In the background of improving Water Productivity, there is concern in deficit irrigation, which delivers a means of decreasing water depletion while reducing opposing effects on yield.
Abdi Musa Sali +2 more
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DEVELOPMENT OF A PLASTIC MULCHING MACHINE [PDF]
Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 2014 The aim of this study is to develop, construct and evaluate a local plastic-mulching machine ( mulcher ) to prove beneficial for crop growth by modifying soil temperature, reduction in evaporation, weed competition, soil compaction and erosion.
Y. Y. Ramadan, M. M. Moustafa, M. Cottb
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International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2018 The experiment was conducted during dry season of 2016 and 2017 at farmer's field of Kalapara Upazila of Patuakhali district, Bangladesh to develop tools to reduce salinity impact in maize and to reduce salinity induced land degradation.
Mohammad Asadul Haque +2 more
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