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- Title
The Application Effects of Truly Biodegradable Mulch in Potato Farmlands.
- Authors
Xuhua GAO; Dong XIE; Yaozhu HUANG; Huiping ZHANG; Mingzhou CHEN
- Abstract
[Objective] The aim was to explore application effects of truly biodegradable mulch in farmlands and provide data support for large area spreading on southern potato fields. [Method] The field plot experiments were conducted to investigate mulch film's weight loss and the effects of using truly biodegradable mulch film on potato yield and agronomic characters. [Result] The emergence rates of truly biodegradable mulch film and black plastic mulch film kept 9.71% and 9.27% higher compared with the open field,and yield increased by 30.84% and 36.81%. In the potato harvest period,the truly biodegradable mulch films already broke,and mulch film's weight loss rate was 58.62%. It can be completely degraded in the field after some time,and following crops would not be affected. [Conclusion] Truly biodegradable mulch performs significantly in increasing yield and keeps higher in weight-loss rate, so that it has a promising future.
- Subjects
MULCH mats; POTATO growing; VEGETABLE farming; WEED control; BIODEGRADABLE materials
- Publication
Agricultural Science & Technology, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 9, p2070
- ISSN
1009-4229
- Publication type
Article