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- Title
SUSTAINABLE HOP CROP SUPPORT USING COMPOSTABLE PLA TWINES.
- Authors
van CALCAR, J.; EBLAGON, Fernando
- Abstract
This report outlines the state of the art of plant guiding systems, their usage in protected and outdoor crops and typical requirements. Compostable twine guides based on man-made fibres have been in use now for the best part of a decade whilst their adoption and particulars with regards to their development and end of life options are discussed. The hop crop places a particularly interesting challenge, due to the fact that the loads experienced by the twine are higher than any crop in which the compostable bio-twines have been used before, but also because the growing season for the crop is very short when compared to the typical 11-month long seasons used in greenhouses for crops such as tomato or peppers. The crop also poses a new dimension for the product namely due to the specifics of the installation of the twine and that the production is outdoors. The report of results of the first growth season testing in hop fields and harvesting machines within LIFE BioTHOP project is also included. The tests point toward a clear pathway for the rational design and optimization of BioTHOP PLA based twines for an economically and environmentally sustainable hop crop.
- Subjects
HOPS; PLANT supports; POLYLACTIC acid; TWINE; SUSTAINABLE agriculture
- Publication
Hmeljarski Bilten, 2019, Issue 26, p69
- ISSN
0350-0756
- Publication type
Article