Biodegradable plastic agricultural mulches and key features of microbial degradation

Can terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) make use of biodegradable plastics?

(2014) Camila Timm Wood et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Thermoplastic Starch Processing and Characteristics—A Review

(2014) Yachuan Zhang et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION

An enhanced compost temperature sampling framework: Case study of a covered aerated static pile

(2014) Pulat Isobaev et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Degradation of Potentially Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Films at Three Diverse U.S. Locations

(2014) Chenhui Li et al.   Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Tuning the Degradation Profiles of Poly(l-lactide)-Based Materials through Miscibility

(2013) Veluska Arias et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Study of microbes having potentiality for biodegradation of plastics

(2013) Swapan Kumar Ghosh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Compatibilization in bio-based and biodegradable polymer blends

(2013) B. Imre et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Sustainability, Compostability, and Specific Microbial Activity on Agricultural Mulch Films Prepared from Poly(lactic acid)

(2013) P. J. Jandas et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Xylose induces the phyllosphere yeast Pseudozyma antarctica to produce a cutinase-like enzyme which efficiently degrades biodegradable plastics

(2013) Takashi Watanabe et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Fungal Degradation of Poly(Butylene Adipate-Co-Terephthalate) in Soil and in Compost

(2013) Zoubida Saadi et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Induced Fungal Resistance to Insect Grazing: Reciprocal Fitness Consequences and Fungal Gene Expression in the Drosophila-Aspergillus Model System

(2013) Silvia Caballero Ortiz et al.   PLoS One

The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the rate of degradation of poly(lactic) acid (PLA) coupons buried in compost and soil

(2013) Mehlika Karamanlioglu et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Fungal metabolic plasticity and sexual development mediate induced resistance to arthropod fungivory

(2013) K. Doll et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Polymers: Opportunities for the Next Decade

(2013) Stephen A. Miller   ACS Macro Letters

Polyethylene and biodegradable mulches for agricultural applications: a review

(2012) Subrahmaniyan Kasirajan et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Bioconversion of volatile fatty acids into lipids by the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

(2012) Pierre Fontanille et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Evaluation of biodegradable plastics as solid hydrogen donors for the reductive dechlorination of fthalide by Dehalobacter species

(2012) Naoko Yoshida et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Aflatoxin B1: Toxicity, bioactivation and detoxification in the polyphagous caterpillarTrichoplusia ni

(2012) Ren Sen Zeng et al.   Insect Science

Poly(Ethylene Glycol) as a Compatibilizer for Poly(Lactic Acid)/Thermoplastic Starch Blends

(2012) Márcia Maria Favaro Ferrarezi et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Communities of Microbial Enzymes Associated with Biodegradation of Plastics

(2012) Himani Bhardwaj et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Biodegradation behavior of P(3HB,4HB)/PLA blends in real soil environments

(2012) Yun-Xuan Weng et al.   POLYMER TESTING

Soil enzymes in a changing environment: Current knowledge and future directions

(2012) Richard G. Burns et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Experimental evolution of defense against a competitive mold confers reduced sensitivity to fungal toxins but no increased resistance in Drosophilalarvae

(2011) Monika Trienens et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

House crickets can accumulate polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) directly from polyurethane foam common in consumer products

(2011) Michael O. Gaylor et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Managing and monitoring of Aspergillus flavus in corn using bioplastic-based formulations

(2011) Cesare Accinelli et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Physical and chemical effects of ingested plastic debris on short-tailed shearwaters, Puffinus tenuirostris, in the North Pacific Ocean

(2011) Rei Yamashita et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Organic micropollutants in marine plastics debris from the open ocean and remote and urban beaches

(2011) Hisashi Hirai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Nitrate Removal Efficiency and Bacterial Community Dynamics in Denitrification Processes Using Poly (L-lactic acid) as the Solid Substrate

(2011) Masaaki Takahashi et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Experimental degradation of polymer shopping bags (standard and degradable plastic, and biodegradable) in the gastrointestinal fluids of sea turtles

(2011) Christin Müller et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Thermoplastic starch modified during melt processing with organic acids: The effect of molar mass on thermal and mechanical properties

(2010) Alessandra L. Da Róz et al.   INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS

Quantitation of persistent organic pollutants adsorbed on plastic debris from the Northern Pacific Gyre's “eastern garbage patch”

(2010) Lorena M. Rios* et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Are marine plastic particles transport vectors for organic pollutants to the Arctic?

(2010) Christiane Zarfl et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Biodegradation and hydrolysis rate of aliphatic aromatic polyester

(2010) Thitisilp Kijchavengkul et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Use of a granular bioplastic formulation for carrying conidia of a non-aflatoxigenic strain of Aspergillus flavus

(2009) Cesare Accinelli et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Biodegradability of Plastics

(2009) Yutaka Tokiwa et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

(2009) E. L. Teuten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Characterization of a mesophilic aliphatic–aromatic copolyester-degrading fungus

(2009) Ken-ichi Kasuya et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Abiotic and biotic degradation of oxo-biodegradable polyethylenes

(2009) Telmo F.M. Ojeda et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Microbial degradation of poly(butylene succinate) by Fusarium solani in soil environments

(2009) Michiharu Abe et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Innovation and Industrial Trends in Bioplastics

(2009) Antonio U. B. Queiroz et al.   Polymer Reviews

Environmental biodegradation of synthetic polymers I. Test methodologies and procedures

(2009) Jan P. Eubeler et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Environmental biodegradation of synthetic polymers II. Biodegradation of different polymer groups

(2009) Jan P. Eubeler et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Identification and characterization of novel poly(dl-lactic acid) depolymerases from metagenome

(2008) Daisuke Mayumi et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biological degradation of plastics: A comprehensive review

(2008) Aamer Ali Shah et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Polymer biodegradation: Mechanisms and estimation techniques – A review

(2008) Nathalie Lucas et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Biodegradation of oxo-biodegradable polyethylene

(2008) M. M. Reddy et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Characterizing Biodegradation of PLA and PLA-g-AA/Starch Films Using a Phosphate-SolubilizingBacillus Species

(2008) Chin-San Wu   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Morphology and rheological properties of blends of chemically modified thermoplastic starch and polycaprolactone

(2008) Boo Young Shin et al.   POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE

Compostability of polymers

(2008) Thitisilp Kijchavengkul et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Building lipid barriers: biosynthesis of cutin and suberin

(2008) Mike Pollard et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Mechanistic implications of plastic degradation

(2007) Baljit Singh et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY