Biodegradable PBAT/PLA blend with bioactive MCPA-PHBV conjugate suppresses weed growth
- Submitting institution
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University of Wolverhampton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 529
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1021/acs.biomac.7b01636
- Title of journal
- Biomacromolecules
- Article number
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- First page
- 511
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1525-7797
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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10
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Sprays of chemical herbicides to control weeds in field crops cause environmental pollution. Mulching is another option in modern agriculture but polyethylene mulches are non-biodegradable products. The novel approach of herbicide MCPA in biodegradable PBTA/PLA blend as mulch has demonstrated suppression of weeds through slow-release system. Our research provides evidence that integrated use of biofilm and herbicide, when herbicide is embedded in biodegradable mulch, provides effective weed control at lower concentration.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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