Plastic mulching in agriculture. Trading short-term agronomic benefits for long-term soil degradation?
By Z. Steinmetz, Claudia Wollmann, Miriam Schaefer, C. Buchmann, J. David, Josephine Tröger, K. Muñoz, O. Frör, G. Schaumann. Science of the Total Environment, 2016
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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science
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- Macro- and micro- plastics in soil-plant system: Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat (Triticum aestivum) growth. (2018, background): “It is widely accepted that microplastics in aquatic ecosystems are serious threats that can have potentially negative effects onmarine ecosystems, aquatic organisms and even human health (Sharma and Chatterjee, 2017; Syberg et al., 2015; Wright et al., 2013).”
- Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities. (2017, background): “For example, plastic mulches and polytunnels are used to control temperature 325 and moisture, and retard weed growth in agricultural and horticultural applications (Kasirajan and 326 Ngouajio, 2012; Kyrikou and Briassoulis, 2007; Rillig, 2012; Steinmetz et al., 2016).”
- A microplastic used as infill material in artificial sport turfs reduces plant growth (2020, background): “…topic in agroecosystems, because microplas‐ tics can be present as contamination in sewage sludge and compost applied to agricultural land, and may additionally result from plastic mulching (Nizzetto, Langaas, & Futter, 2016; Rillig, Ingraffia, & Souza Machado, 2017; Steinmetz et al., 2016).”
- Soil microbial community and network changes after long-term use of plastic mulch and nitrogen fertilization on semiarid farmland (2021, background): “More seriously, plastic residues could lead to soil degradation and then restrict the sustainable development of agriculture (Steinmetz et al., 2016).”
- A Global Perspective on Microplastics (2020, background): “Its breakdown is a source of microplastics to soils and later surface waters (Steinmetz et al., 2016).”
- An overview of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution in agroecosystems. (2018, background): “As plastic mulch is applied with each crop cycle, soils become enriched with plastic residues that have been intentionally or unintentionally left behind on the field by farmers (Steinmetz et al., 2016).”