Mulch Layer Articles & Analysis
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It is for this reason that plastics are also used in mulching, where layers of plastic film cover the soil for the plants to grow through. ...
About 6.5 million hectares of agricultural land in Ukraine are either degraded or unproductive. Above mentioned data are provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. According to the opinion of other experts, impoverished soils occupy much bigger area and consist about 15 million hectares. The decrease in the amount of humus and the general deterioration of land is ...
Consistent use of mulches over several years can provide significant N to avocado. Study of a 3-year-old Ventura, California, avocado orchard mulched annually for 3 years with 12–14 Mg ha–1 chipped eucalyptus showed that total N in the mulched soil was double that of the control. Mulched intact soil cores released 53 kg ha–1 more ...