The technology of biodegradable mulch films (BDMs) is an environmentally-friendly substitute for polyethylene (PE) mulches in agricultural production. Given the new to market, it not easy farmers adopt it. Additionally, farmers’ decision on BDMs adoption a multiple-stage process. To understand process, this paper employs double hurdle model explore factors affecting and willingness pay using sa...

Sweetpotato ( Ipomoea batatas ) production in the northern United States is limited due to perceived barriers of a short growing season and relatively cool summer temperatures, yet recent studies have shown yield regions can be greater than national average when sweetpotatoes are grown with plastic mulch. A study was conducted northwest Washington evaluate productivity ‘Covington’ sweetpotato p...

Black polyethylene film mulches affect the activity of some nematicides (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). Other mulches also may influence the results of fumigat ion tests; for example, hay mulches, cause the soil to remain cooler (8). Salt-hay mulches are used by strawberry growers, many of whom fumigate. Mulches of grass clippings, wood chips, or leaf mold are used by homeowners. Clear plastic mulche...

Water scarcity is an important obstacle to the development and expansion of urban landscape in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Nowadays organic and artificial materials can be used to reducing water consumption without reducing the quality and quantity of urban landscape. In order to study of the effect of some mulch type on the reduce of irrigation interval on a popular seasonal p...

Field experiments were carried out to study the interactive effects of plastic mulch and tillage method on yield and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) during 2007 and 2008 growing seasons. Mulch levels in the study were plastic-mulching (PM; black plastic mulch) and no-mulching (NM) and tillage treatments were conventional tillage (CT; moldboard plowing + two passes of disk harrowing)...

Film mulch has gradually been popularized to increase water availability to crops for improving and stabilizing agricultural production in the semiarid areas of Northwest China. To find more sustainable and economic film mulch methods for alleviating drought stress in semiarid region, it is necessary to test optimum planting methods in same cultivation conditions. A field experiment was conduct...

In this study, changes in soil moisture and salinity contents in drip irrigation combined with white and black plastic mulches compared to no mulch (control) was evaluated. The experiment was carried out in two commercial pistachio orchards (Ohadi cultivar) with irrigation frequencies of 8 to 12 days with a total water consumption 4100 and 6170 m3ha−1. The study was conducted in a complete rand...

Sweet potatoes have multiple uses as food, feed, and in industrial production. They are characterized by their need for high temperatures optimal development. This study aimed to analyze the quantitative qualitative aspects of growing sweet potato cultivars southwest Romania using mulching non-mulching systems. The effects on production tuberous roots contents total soluble substance, vitamin C...