scholarly journals Biodegradable plastic mulch films in agriculture: feasibility and challenges

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Enke Liu ◽  
Liwei Zhang ◽  
Wenyi Dong ◽  
Changrong Yan
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Sreejata Bandopadhyay ◽  
José E. Liquet y González ◽  
Kelsey B. Henderson ◽  
Marife B. Anunciado ◽  
Douglas G. Hayes ◽  
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Henry Y. Sintim ◽  
Andy I. Bary ◽  
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Larry C. Wadsworth ◽  
Marife B. Anunciado ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9015 ◽  
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Sreejata Bandopadhyay ◽  
Henry Y. Sintim ◽  
Jennifer M. DeBruyn

Plastic mulch films are used globally in crop production but incur considerable disposal and environmental pollution issues. Biodegradable plastic mulch films (BDMs), an alternative to polyethylene (PE)-based films, are designed to be tilled into the soil where they are expected to be mineralized to carbon dioxide, water and microbial biomass. However, insufficient research regarding the impacts of repeated soil incorporation of BDMs on soil microbial communities has partly contributed to limited adoption of BDMs. In this study, we evaluated the effects of BDM incorporation on soil microbial community structure and function over two years in two geographical locations: Knoxville, TN, and in Mount Vernon, WA, USA. Treatments included four plastic BDMs (three commercially available and one experimental film), a biodegradable cellulose paper mulch, a non-biodegradable PE mulch and a no mulch plot. Bacterial community structure determined using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing revealed significant differences by location and season. Differences in bacterial communities by mulch treatment were not significant for any season in either location, except for Fall 2015 in WA where differences were observed between BDMs and no-mulch plots. Extracellular enzyme assays were used to characterize communities functionally, revealing significant differences by location and sampling season in both TN and WA but minimal differences between BDMs and PE treatments. Overall, BDMs had comparable influences on soil microbial communities to PE mulch films.


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Douglas G. Hayes ◽  
Marife B. Anunciado ◽  
Jennifer M. DeBruyn ◽  
Sreejata Bandopadhyay ◽  
Sean Schaeffer ◽  
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