Poly(lactic acid) and Osage Orange wood fiber composites for agricultural mulch films

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 316-320

  Finkenstadt, Victoria L ^a   Tisserat, Brent ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Mulch film; Poly(lactic acid); Polymer; Wood

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED RELEASE; DRY AND WET CONDITIONS; GROWING SEASON; MULCH FILM; MULCH FILMS; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; POLY(LACTIC ACID); POLYLACTIC ACIDS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; SOIL EROSION; WOOD-FIBER COMPOSITES;

BODY FLUIDS; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; WEED CONTROL; WOOD;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COMPOSITE; DURABILITY; GROWING SEASON; MULCH; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMER; SHRUB; SOIL EROSION; THERMOMECHANICS; WEED CONTROL;

COMPOSITES; FILM; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULCH; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; WEED CONTROL; WOOD;

MACLURA POMIFERA;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BARRIER PROPERTY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONTROLLED RELEASE; EROSION CONTROL; FILM; POLYLACTIC ACID; SOIL RELEASE;

EID: 76449089985     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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