Degradation behaviour of poly(lactic acid) films and fibres in soil under Mediterranean field conditions and laboratory simulations testing

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 648-658

  Rudnik, E ^a,b   Briassoulis, D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agricultural films; Biodegradable materials; Biodegradation; Biodegradation in soil; Composting; Poly(lactic acid)

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; AGRICULTURAL FILMS; BIO-BASED POLYMERS; BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION IN SOIL; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMPOSTING CONDITIONS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; FIELD CONDITIONS; FTIR ANALYSIS; LABORATORY SIMULATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW DEGREE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEDITERRANEAN SOILS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NATURAL SOIL ENVIRONMENTS; POLY(LACTIC ACID); REAL SOILS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

BIODEGRADATION; BODY FLUIDS; DEGRADATION; FILMS; LACTIC ACID; MICROBIOLOGY; SOILS;

SOIL TESTING;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FILM; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORY METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; SOIL DEGRADATION;

EID: 79953072674     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.12.031     Document Type: Article

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