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Santiago Bonachela, María Rosa Granados, Joaquín Hernández, Juan Carlos López and Juan José Magán
Greenhouse microclimate and crop response of winter cucumber cycles grown in unheated Mediterranean greenhouses with representative combinations of passive heating systems (fixed, plastic screen with and without black mulch; movable thermal screen with b...
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Xiaoqing Cao, Lu Li, Fengwei Zhang, Fangyuan Zhang, Xuefeng Song, Wuyun Zhao and Fei Dai
Livestock dung, discarded crop straws, and residual plastic film are the primary agricultural non-point sources of pollution. For livestock dung and discarded crop straw, the general treatment focuses on compost, animal fodder, industrial raw material, a...
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Amanda Lay-Walters, Kimberly Heagy, Alex Woodley and Mark Hoffmann
Strawberries are by far the most produced soft fruit (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries) worldwide, with China and the US being the two countries with the most production. In the US, strawberries reached a farm gate value of more t...
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José Luis Zambrano, Yamil Cartagena, Carlos Sangoquiza, Ana Pincay, Anibal Rafael Parra, Javier Maiguashca, José Luis Rivadeneira, Cristian Subía and Chang Hwan Park
Global food security faces a substantial risk stemming from water scarcity, particularly in regions heavily dependent on rainfall for agricultural purposes. In the Andean region, which is grappling with water scarcity, innovative and sustainable approach...
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Shengcai Qiang, Yan Zhang, Junliang Fan, Fucang Zhang, Wen Lin, Min Sun, Zhiqiang Gao and Xiwang Tang
Ridge and furrow plastic mulch (RFPM) and nitrogen (N) application are effective strategies for improving crop productivity in China?s Loess Plain. However, it is not clear how the ridge?furrow ratio and nitrogen fertilizer type (NT) affect the use of wa...
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Baoqing Chen, Jixiao Cui, Wenyi Dong and Changrong Yan
Polyethylene film mulch (PM) is a kind of widely used technology to improve crop yields worldwide; however, because of a problem related with plastic residual pollution, it has gradually been replaced by biodegradable plastic film mulch (BDP). Although B...
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Cristina Abbate, Aurelio Scavo, Gaetano Roberto Pesce, Stefania Fontanazza, Alessia Restuccia and Giovanni Mauromicale
The use of plastic mulch films is widespread in agriculture for specialty cropping systems because of several benefits. In this article, we critically review, for the first time under a holistic approach, the use of biodegradable plastic mulches (BdPMs) ...
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Haomiao Cheng, Shu Ji, Hengjun Ge, Mohmed A. M. Abdalhi, Tengyi Zhu, Xiaoping Chen, Wei Ding and Shaoyuan Feng
Deficit irrigation (DI) is a widely recognized water-saving irrigation method, but it is difficult to precisely quantify optimum DI levels in tomato production. In this study, the Root Zone Water Quality-Simultaneous Heat and Water (RZ-SHAW) model was us...
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Brenda Madrid, Huan Zhang, Carol A. Miles, Michael Kraft, Deirdre Griffin-LaHue and Lisa Wasko DeVetter
The perceived variability of plastic soil-biodegradable mulch (BDM) degradation has generated concerns about its functionality and sustainability, especially in climates and regions where biodegradation may be limited. This study evaluated the effects of...
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Manpreet Singh Preet, Rajesh Kumar, Mohammad Valipour, Vijay Pratap Singh, Neha, Ashok Kumar Singh, Rashid Iqbal, Muhammad Umar Zafar, Rashmi Sharma, Shiv Vendra Singh, Arpna Kumari, Tatiana Minkina, Walid Soufan, Turki Kh. Faraj, Allah Ditta and Ayman El Sabagh
In the current study, efforts were made to standardize fertigation for providing the recommended doses of fertilizers (RDF) i.e., 300, 260, and 200 g/plant/year for N, P, and K, respectively, together with optimization of irrigation scheduling so that gu...
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