Plastic mulches made from nonbiodegradable polymers (eg, polyethylene) provide an
essential service in commercial horticultural production systems by enhancing crop …

Hydrogel is widely used in agriculture as water retention agent and fertilizer delivery vehicle
due to its highly porous and hydrated structure. Hydrogel loses water gradually and …

Surface-applied mulches help retain soil moisture and optimize soil temperature while
preventing weed growth and benefiting many horticultural crops. The most common mulch …

Drought is considered as one of the major limiting factors to plant growth and productivity.
Drought stress reduces stomatal conductance, affecting water relations and decreasing CO2 …

Biobased sprayable mulch (BSM) films are a potential alternative to herbicides, polyethylene
plastic mulch film, and hand weeding for specialty crops. We developed a series of BSM …

Organic hydromulches can be an interesting alternative for weed control in perennial crops,
but can also reduce soil water evaporation. To examine the effect of a hydromulch layer on …

The use of mulching in agriculture suppresses the weeds around crop plants, enhances the
nutrients status of soil, controls the soil structure and temperature, and reduces soil water …

To improve water and nutrient use efficiencies some strategies have been proposed, such
as the use of mulching techniques or arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation. To …

Hydromulch, used primarily for erosion control, is now being studied as a weed control
method in perennial crops and public gardens where weed control is especially difficult; the …

There exist many research papers which pointed out the positive effects of using the
mulching technique in stressful conditions, showing crop productivity and physicochemical …