Influence of weather conditions and soil properties on degradation of biodegradable plastics in soil

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-43

  Hoshino, Akira ^a   Sawada, Hideo ^a   Yokota, Masahisa ^a   Tsuji, Masao ^a   Fukuda, Kazuhiko ^a   Kimura, Makoto ^b  

^a Grande Bldg   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradable plastics; Climate; Soil nitrogen; Soil property; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC; ISLAND; JAPAN; NITROGEN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYLATE VALERATE); POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIDE; SOIL; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035029719     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2001.10408366     Document Type: Article

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