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Weed Management Strategies for Tomato Plasticulture Production in Florida. [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2022
Florida is the top producer of fresh market tomatoes in the U.S., with an average production of 0.4 million metric tons. Tomatoes are commercially grown on plastic mulched raised beds in Southwest Florida, the primary production region in the state.
Tiwari R, Bashyal M, Kanissery R.
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Plasticulture [PDF]

, 2014
Simply put, Plasticulture is the combination of two words, plastic and agriculture. It is defined as the use of plastic in plant and animal agriculture. The first use of plastic film in agriculture was in 1948 in an effort to make a cheaper version of a ...
Okoronkwo, U.J.
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Sustainable production of healthy, affordable food in the UK: The pros and cons of plasticulture. [PDF]

Food Energy Secur, 2022
An evolving green agenda as the UK seeks to achieve ‘net zero’ in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, coupled with our new trading relationship with the European Union, is resulting in new government policies, which will be disruptive to Britain's ...
Cusworth SJ, Davies WJ, McAinsh MR, Stevens CJ.   +3 more
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Plastic mulch productivity-sustainability tradeoffs and pathways toward an eco-friendly framework: insights from a global meta-analysis. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Meeting global food demands by 2050 requires a 45–60% increase in agricultural production. Plasticulture has emerged as a pivotal yet controversial solution.
Wang L, Guo S, Ge T, Mancl KM, Hijri M, Iseri Y, Lee SJ, Feng S, Wang L, Ji H, Sun D, Wei Z, Zhang Y, Lu P, Zhang X, Yang W, He C, Zhang J, Zhao Y, Dong D, Yang Y, Kang S, Siddique KHM, Zhao M, Gan GY.   +24 more
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Converting from Seepage Irrigation to Plasticulture for Vegetable Production: A Case Study

EDIS, 2021
This article is intended to provide information to producers and Extension agents that are interested in using drip irrigation for vegetable production. Cabbage production in Florida is dominated by the use of seepage or sub-irrigation.
Charles E. Barrett, Lincoln Zotarelli, Lucas G. Paranhos, Mark W. Warren   +3 more
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Converting from seepage irrigation to plasticulture for vegetable production: A case study

EDIS, 2014
Cabbage production in Florida has been dominated by the use of seepage or sub-irrigation, because it is inexpensive to maintain and simple to use, but it can require vast quantities of water to be pumped from the aquifer in low rainfall years ...
Charles E. Barrett, Lincoln Zotarelli, Brian S. Taylor, Lucas G. Paranhos, Mark Warren   +4 more
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Performance of Strawberry Varieties Developed for Perennial Matted-Row Production in Annual Plasticulture in a Cold Climate Region

Agronomy, 2021
Annual plasticulture production of strawberries promises superior weed control, fruit quality and yields. However, strawberry varieties adapted for perennial, matted-row production and local markets in cold climate regions have not been widely tested for
Courtney A. Weber
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Biodegradable plastic mulch films increase yield and promote nitrogen use efficiency in organic horticulture

Frontiers in Agronomy, 2023
Plastic film mulches (PFM) are used extensively due to their ability to increase yield and suppress weed emergence. Their effects on plant-soil-microbial interactions, however, are less well understood.
Martin Samphire, David R. Chadwick, Davey L. Jones, Davey L. Jones   +3 more
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Sustainable plasticulture in Chinese agriculture: a review of challenges and routes to achieving long-term food and ecosecurity [PDF]

Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering
● Macro-, micro- and nanoplastic pollution in agricultural soils threaten long-term crop production and environmental health in China.● Resolving the existing issues with plasticulture in China requires holistic solutions that target plastic production ...
Samuel J. CUSWORTH, William J. DAVIES, Martin R. MCAINSH, Carly J. STEVENS, Weilu WANG
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Plasticulture for Vegetable Production: A Review

International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management, 2022
Plasticulture is a method of producing crops in which the use of plastic polymers provides a major advantage. Plasticulture arose from of the late 1930s research and innovation of polyethylene polymer, which was later commercialized as plastic films, mulches, as well as drip-irrigation tubes but also tape in the early 1950s.
Durgesh Nandan, Dr. Prafull Kumar
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