Vol. 17 No. 3 (2022)

Published: 10-10-2022

Special Section on: "Use of biodegradable plastic films in agriculture and their fate in soil"

Use of biodegradable plastic films in agriculture and their fate in soil

Ayaka Wenhong Kishimoto-Mo, Henry Y. Sintim, Luigi Ledda
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Evaluation of the mulch films biodegradation in soil: A methodological review

Matteo Francioni, Ayaka Wenhong Kishimoto-Mo, Shun Tsuboi, Yuko Takada Hoshino
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Selection of p-nitrophenyl fatty acid substrate suitable for detecting changes in soil esterase activity associated with degradation of biodegradable polyester mulch films: A field trial

Shun Tsuboi, Kimiko Yamamoto-Tamura, Atsushi Takada, Seiichiro Yonemura, Yuko Takada Hoshino, Hiroko Kitamoto, Ayaka Wenhong Kishimoto-Mo
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Soil refinement accelerates in-field degradation rates of soil-biodegradable mulch films

Marco Bianchini, Laura Trozzo, Paride D'Ottavio, Marco Giustozzi, Marco Toderi, Luigi Ledda, Matteo Francioni
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Differential gas exchange and soil microclimate dynamics under biodegradable plastic, polyethylene, and paper mulches

Henry Y. Sintim, Khurram Shahzad, Andy I. Bary, Douglas P. Collins, Elizabeth A. Myhre, Markus Flury
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Agronomic and environmental benefits of ‘re-using’ a biodegradable mulching film for two consecutive lettuce cycles

Ida Di Mola, Eugenio Cozzolino, Lucia Ottaiano, Riccardo Riccardi, Patrizia Spigno, Massimo Fagnano, Mauro Mori
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Original Articles

Endogenous calcium mediates seedling growth and fluoride stress tolerance in four bean genotypes

Sara Chahine, Sara Melito, Vittoria Giannini, Pier Paolo Roggero, Giovanna Seddaiu
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Fennel outperforms ajwain and anise in the saline environment: physiological response mechanisms in germinating seeds and mature plants

Javad Nouripour-Sisakht, Parviz Ehsanzadeh, Mohammad H. Ehtemam
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Organic versus conventional farming: Medium-term evaluation of soil chemical properties

Carmelo Maucieri, Massimo Tolomio, Giorgia Raimondi, Arianna Toffanin, Francesco Morari, Antonio Berti, Maurizio Borin
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Impact of irrigation water deficit on two tomato genotypes grown under open field conditions: From the root-associated microbiota to the stress responses

Fabiano Sillo, Giovanni Marino, Elisabetta Franchi, Matthew Haworth, Elisa Zampieri, Ilaria Pietrini, Danilo Fusini, Carmelo Mennone, Mauro Centritto, Raffaella Balestrini
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Agronomic response of sunflower subjected to biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi application under drought conditions

Alireza Safahani Langeroodia, Paola Tedeschi, Enrica Allevato, Silvia Rita Stazi, Rana Muhammad Aadil, Roberto Mancinelli, Emanuele Radicetti
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Errata

ERRATUM: Plant growth-promoting bacteria isolated from sugarcane improve the survival of micropropagated plants during acclimatisation

Gabriela Michavila, Pasquale Alibrandi, Paolo Cinà, Bjorn Welin, Atilio Pedro Castagnaro, Nadia Regina Chalfoun, Aldo Sergio Noguera, Anna Maria Puglia, Mirella Ciaccio, Josefina Racedo
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