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1. www.nature.com › articles › s43247/023/00982-4Plastics can be used more sustainably in agriculture

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   Sep 25, 2023 · In addition to mulch films, irrigation pipes and drip tapes help to direct precise amounts of water to plant roots, and, hence, to improve water use efficiency.

   • Author: Thilo Hofmann

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3. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articlePlastic mulching in agriculture. Trading short-term agronomic ...

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   Apr 15, 2016 · Plastic mulching increases yields, fruit quality and water-use efficiency. Potential pollution by plastic mulches: microplastics, phthalates, agrochemicals. Plastic mulching may promote soil degradation and soil water repellency.

   • Author: Zacharias Steinmetz, Claudia Wollmann, Miriam Schaefer, Christian Buchmann, Jan David, Josephine Trö...

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4. www.theatlantic.com › science › archiveGiant Heaps of Plastic Are Helping Vegetables Grow

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   May 17, 2024 · Lower water volumes wash fewer fertilizers out of the soil and into local waterways and ecosystems. Plastic mulch also moderates soil temperature and disease prevalence.

   • Author: John Gove

5. www.mdpi.com › 2073/4395/12-8 › 1881Mulching as a Sustainable Water and Soil Saving Practice in ...

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   Aug 10, 2022 · Plastic mulching has a better effect on plant production or water-use efficiency (WUE) than traditional tillage patterns. Black and white plastic mulching improves WUE in potato plants by 31% compared with the un-mulched ground . Table 5 summarizes the role of various mulches on soil water content.

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6. bnrc.springeropen.com › articles › 10Mulching as water-saving technique in dryland agriculture ...

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   Oct 10, 2019 · The important uses of mulching are reduction of soil-water loss, soil erosion, impact of water droplets hitting the soil surface, weed growth, and competition for water and nutrients from the surrounding fields (Tarara 2000; Yang et al. 2015; Kader et al. 2017a).

   • Author: Mohammad Abdul Kader, Ashutus Singha, Mili Amena Begum, Arif Jewel, Ferdous Hossain Khan, Nazrul Isl...

   • Publish Year: 2019

7. www.mdpi.com › 2311/7524/10-9 › 951Sustainable Water Management in Horticulture: Problems ...

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   Sep 6, 2024 · Physiological phenotyping is a tool used to identify and select plant traits that enhance water-use efficiency and reduce water requirements in horticultural crops.

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   What are the benefits of plastic mulching in agriculture?

   • Plastic mulching in agriculture. Trading short-term agronomic benefits for long-term soil degradation? Plastic mulching increases yields, fruit quality and water-use efficiency. Potential pollution by plastic mulches: microplastics, phthalates, agrochemicals. Plastic mulching may promote soil degradation and soil water repellency.

   Plastic mulching in agriculture. Trading short-term agronomic benefits

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   Do microplastics enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils?

   • Technol. Agric.9, 20 (2022). Castan, S., Henkel, C., Hüffer, T. & Hofmann, T. Microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils. Commun. Earth Environ.2, 193 (2021). Rehm, R., Zeyer, T., Schmidt, A. & Fiener, P. Soil erosion as transport pathway of microplastic from agriculture soils to aquatic ecosystems.

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   Does plastic mulch reduce water use?

   • However, once irrigation is applied, plastic mulching typically increases the water-use efficiency by 20–60% due to reduced evaporation ( Qin et al., 2015, Zribi et al., 2015 ). Plastic mulches impede the gas exchange between the soil and the atmosphere ( Khan et al., 2000 ).

   Plastic mulching in agriculture. Trading short-term agronomic benefits

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   How do plastics affect soil health?

   • The widespread use of conventional plastics in agriculture has led to their accumulation in soils with diverse and long-term effects on crop production, for example, reduced crop quality, and adversely impacted soil health and ecosystem functioning, with unclear uptake potential through the human food chain and impact on human health.

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   What are the effects of plastics on soil microfauna?

   • The effects of plastics on soil microfauna (e.g., Caenorhabditis elegans), mesofauna (e.g., Folsomia candida), and macrofauna (e.g., snails, earthworms) include adverse behavioral (mobility, avoidance), physiological (growth, reproduction, mortality) and biochemical impacts (oxidative stress, energy metabolism) 29.

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   Is plastic mulching a problem in temperate soils?

   • Since SOM of temperate soils is even more sensitive to increasing temperatures ( Grisi et al., 1998 ), these processes may become increasingly relevant in soils subjected to plastic mulching, eventually resulting in a gradual but severe degradation of arable soils.

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9. www.researchgate.net › publication › 362605079(PDF) Mulching as a Sustainable Water and Soil Saving ...

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   Aug 10, 2022 · Mulching has several essential applications, including reducing soil water loss and soil erosion, enriching soil fauna, and improving soil properties and nutrient cycling in the soil.