Publications by authors named "Emiliana Mignoli"

In the main strawberry areas of Southern Italy, cultivation is carried out by transplanting plants on raised beds (30-40 cm from ground level), mulched with black polyethylene (PE). This technique has becoming increasingly expensive due to the growing prices of plastic mulches, the cost to remove them at the end of crop cycle, and the difficulty to dispose of black, dirty plastic films. The main objective of this research was the replacement of PE mulch with a new biodegradable mulching film Mater-Bi-based (Novamont), characterized by an increased permanence in the field designed for long crop life.

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