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Environmental Sciences
Aimee Grace Uzamurera, Ze-Ying Zhao, Peng-Yang Wang, Yong-Xian Wei, Fei Mo, Rui Zhou, Wen-Li Wang, Fazal Ullah, Aziz Khan, Xiao-Bin Xiong, Meng-Ying Li, Kiprotich Wesly, Wen-Ying Wang, Hong-Yan Tao, You-Cai Xiong
Summary: Plastic film residuals are increasingly remaining in cultivated lands. It is crucial to understand how the type and thickness of residual plastic affect soil properties and crop yield. In this study, different types of plastic film residuals were landfilled in a maize field, and the results showed that the treatments had varying impacts on soil characteristics and maize yield.
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Agronomy
Guixin Zhang, Shibo Zhang, Zhenqing Xia, Mengke Wu, Jingxuan Bai, Haidong Lu
Summary: With the increased use of agricultural film, the potential environmental risks have been getting attention. A two-year field experiment in China's Loess Plateau region studied the effects of residual biodegradable film and polyethylene film on soil moisture, maize root, and productivity at different residual levels.
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Agronomy
Ming Li, Qingfen Zhang, Shiyu Wei, Zhendong Liu, Rui Zong, Tuo Jin, Mingming Zhang, Chitao Sun, Quanqi Li
Summary: The cumulative effects of biodegradable film mulch on soil quality were investigated in the study. It was found that both black and transparent biodegradable film mulching reduced soil bulk density, increased soil microbial and enzyme activity, but did not significantly affect soil nutrient content. Black biodegradable film mulching showed the highest increase in soil quality index and significantly improved summer maize grain yield.
ARCHIVES OF AGRONOMY AND SOIL SCIENCE
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Zhengyu Wang, Mingxuan Li, Markus Flury, Sean M. Schaeffer, Yi Chang, Zhao Tao, Zhaojie Jia, Shitong Li, Fan Ding, Jingkuan Wang
Summary: In a humid continental climate, the agronomic performance of clear and black BDMs was equivalent to, or better than, that of polyethylene plastic mulches for maize production.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Agronomy
Chuanjuan Wang, Jiandong Wang, Yanqun Zhang, Shanshan Qin, Yuanyuan Zhang, Chaoqun Liu
Summary: Mulches combined with drip irrigation techniques are an effective strategy for increasing maize yield and water use efficiency. The study found that transparent plastic film mulching increased soil water content and topsoil temperature, significantly promoting crop growth. For spring maize, the recommended treatment is transparent plastic film with high drip irrigation. For summer maize, both transparent and black film mulch treatments are recommended.
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Agronomy
Fangyuan Huang, Bingfan Wang, Zhaoyang Li, Zihan Liu, Peng Wu, Jiayi Wang, Xu Ye, Peng Zhang, ZhiKuan Jia
Summary: This study compared the effects of biodegradable film (BF) and traditional polyethylene film (PF) on soil environment and crop productivity in the dryland of northwest China. The results showed that BF had a negative impact on soil temperature and moisture after degradation, but provided some relief from high temperatures. There were no significant differences in grain yield and water use efficiency between PF and BF. BF played an important role in maintaining the balance of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen. BF is recommended as a viable alternative to traditional PF for maize production in the dryland of northwest China.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2022)
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Agronomy
Ning Chen, Xianyue Li, Haibin Shi, Jianwen Yan, Qi Hu, Yuehong Zhang
Summary: The use of biodegradable film mulching (BFM) and plastic film mulching (PFM) can reduce evaporation and increase crop yield, making it an effective way to promote sustainable agriculture.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2021)
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Agronomy
Wenjia Yang, Naitong Yan, Jiali Zhang, Jiakun Yan, Dengke Ma, Shiwen Wang, Lina Yin
Summary: This study evaluated the applicability of water-permeable plastic film (WPF) and biodegradable film (BF) as alternatives to polyethylene film (PEF) in millet, sorghum, and corn in the northern Loess Plateau of China. The results showed that WPF successfully retained ineffective precipitation, improved soil water conditions, and increased crop yields. On the other hand, BF was not suitable for crops with long growth period and low leaf area index (LAI).
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Ruhua Liu, Zhenhua Wang, Hanchun Ye, Wenhao Li, Rui Zong, Xulang Tian
Summary: The study explored the effects of different mulching films combined with drip irrigation on maize planting in the Ili area, Xinjiang, China. Results showed that various mulching films treatments could increase soil moisture, improve crop yields, and water use efficiency; the black oxo-biodegradable mulching film treatment had the best performance in terms of yield and water use efficiency.
FRONTIERS IN MATERIALS
(2021)
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Agronomy
Michael Braunack, Vilim Filipovic, Raju Adhikari, George Freischmidt, Priscilla Johnston, Phil S. Casey, Yusong Wang, Jiri Simunek, Lana Filipovic, Keith L. Bristow
Summary: Reducing soil evaporation is beneficial for crop production, and the use of Plastic Mulch Films (PMFs) is effective in conserving soil water, but raises environmental concerns. The newly developed Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) Technology shows potential in conserving soil water and improving crop yields, but requires further refinement for practical applications.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Agronomy
Heng Fang, Yuannong Li, Xiaobo Gu, Pengpeng Chen, Yupeng Li
Summary: The biodegradable film shows potential as an alternative to polyethylene film, but there are still differences in terms of root growth, water and nitrogen utilization, and yield.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Bing-chao Zhang, Han Hu, Zheng-yu Guo, Shuai Gong, Si Shen, Shu-hua Liao, Xin Wang, Shun-li Zhou, Zhong-dong Zhang
Summary: Planting under plastic-film mulches in arid-cold regions can save water and warm the soil. The plastic-film-side seeding (PSS) technology increased maize yield and plant number compared to traditional methods. PSS also improved soil conditions, grain yield, and water use efficiency, and had economic and environmental benefits.
JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Md Elias Hossain, Zhe Zhang, Wenyi Dong, Shangwen Wang, Meixia Liu, Enke Liu, Xurong Mei
Summary: This study found that plastic film mulching (PFM) can significantly increase maize yield, water use efficiency, nitrogen use efficiency, and soil nitrogen pools under rainfed dryland conditions. This has important implications for improving the sustainability of agricultural systems.
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Plant Sciences
Yayang Feng, Haibin Shi, Yanhui Jia, Qingfeng Miao, Qiong Jia, Ning Wang
Summary: Biodegradable mulches have the same temperature- and moisture-preservation effects as ordinary plastic mulches before degradation. After degradation, rainwater enters the soil through the damaged parts, improving precipitation utilization. The study found that the effective infiltration of precipitation decreases and then increases with increasing precipitation, and the effective infiltration ratio of precipitation increases as the damage to the biodegradable film increases under the same precipitation intensity.
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Rui Qian, Ru Guo, Yang Liu, Muhammad Asad Naseer, Sadam Hussain, Donghua Liu, Peng Zhang, Xiaoli Chen, Xiaolong Ren
Summary: The study found that using biodegradable film mulching combined with straw incorporation can increase maize yield and soil organic carbon content, while reducing net global warming potential and greenhouse gas intensity.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)