Plastic film mulching for water-efficient agricultural applications and degradable films materials development research

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 143-154

  Yang, Ning ^a,b   Sun, Zhan Xiang ^a,b   Feng, Liang Shan ^b   Zheng, Mu Zi ^c   Chi, Dao Cai ^a   Meng, Wei Zhong ^d   Hou, Zhi Yan ^b   Bai, Wei ^b   Li, Kai Yu ^b  

^a SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAONING ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research of Liaoning Province   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymersmaterials; Photodegradablefilmmaterials; Plasticfilmmulchingcultivation; Water efficient 0agriculture

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CULTIVATION; NATURAL POLYMERS; PLASTIC FILMS;

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERSMATERIALS; DEGRADATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT; PHOTODEGRADABLEFILMMATERIALS; PLASTIC FILM MULCHING; PLASTICFILMMULCHINGCULTIVATION;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

EID: 84919741321     PISSN: 10426914     EISSN: 15322475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2014.930958     Document Type: Review

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