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Important considerations for the use of biodegradable mulch in crop production
Fact sheet (Washington State University. Extension), 304E, Washington State University Extension
08/2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/13104
Abstract
Farmers use mulch to control weeds, conserve soil moisture, help improve crop yield, and obtain several other benefits during the crop growing season. Several studies have shown that biodegradable mulches (BDM) are comparable to polyethylene (PE) plastic mulches in terms of performance and effects on crop productivity. This publication aims to provide the following information to producers who are considering using BDM: mulch roll length, thickness, weight, and cost of BDM in comparison to other types of mulches; mechanical laying of BDM; labor requirements; mulch calculator to estimate the costs of using different types of mulches.
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- Title
- Important considerations for the use of biodegradable mulch in crop production
- Creators
- Kuan-Ju Chen (Author)Suzette P. Galinato (Author)Shuresh Ghimire (Author)Stuart MacDonald (Author)Thomas L. Marsh (Author)Carol A. Miles (Author)Peter R. Tozer (Author)Margarita Velandia (Author)
- Academic Unit
- Publications, WSU Extension; WSU Mount Vernon NW REC; Economic Sciences, School of
- Series
- Fact sheet (Washington State University. Extension); 304E
- Publisher
- Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
- Grant note
- This study is part of the project, Performance and Adoptability of Biodegradable Plastic Mulch for Sustainable Specialty Crop Production, which is funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture through its Specialty Crop Research Initiative, under award number 2014-51181-22382.
- Identifiers
- 99900501708701842
- Copyright
- Copyright Not Evaluated ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report