Analysis of long-term degradation behaviour of polyethylene mulching films with pro-oxidants under real cultivation and soil burial conditions

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2584-2598

  Briassoulis, Demetres ^a   Babou, Epifaneia ^a   Hiskakis, Miltiadis ^a   Kyrikou, Ioanna ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodegradable materials; Degradation in soil; Photochemical degradation mechanisms; Photodegradable mulching films; Polyethylene with pro oxidants

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CULTIVATION; FRUIT; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MULCHING; OXIDANT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYMER;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

POLYETHYLENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOIL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; POLYETHYLENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84924769632     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3464-9     Document Type: Article

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