date:Jul 12, 2023
ross per hectare on field surfaces alone.
They also found that plastic pollution reduced soil moisture, microbial activity and plant-available nitrogen, essential for soil health and crop productivity.
The findings, presented at the Goldschmidt geochemistry conference in Lyon, France, raise concerns about the long-term sustainability of using plastic mulch in agriculture, especially as California is the largest shedder of agricultural plastic in the US and one of the major strawberry produce