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Effect of Biodegradable Film Mulching on Soil Environment and Onion Growth and Yield

생분해성 멀칭필름이 토양환경과 양파 생육 및 수량에 미치는 영향

Ji-Sik Jung1
,
Do-Won Park2
,
Hyun-Sug Choi34*
정 지식1
,
박 도원2
,
최 현석34*
1Researcher, Department of Horticultural Biotechnology, Hankyong National University, Anseong 17579, Republic of Korea
2MS Student, Department of Horticultural Biotechnology, Hankyong National University, Anseong 17579, Republic of Korea
3Professor, Department of Horticultural Biotechnology, Hankyong National University, Anseong 17579, Republic of Korea
4Professor, International Agriculture, Technology and Information, Hankyong National University, Anseong 17579, Republic of Korea
1한경국립대학교 원예생명공학전공 연구원
2한경국립대학교 원예생명공학전공 석사과정
3한경국립대학교 원예생명공학전공 교수
4한경국립대학교 국제농업기술정보연구소 교수
*Corresponding Author
1 September 2023. pp. 207-215
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Abstract

This study was compared the soil environment and growth and yield of onion (Allium cepa L.) treated with non-mulching (NM) and mulching polyethylene film (PEF) and two biodegradable films (BFI and BFII) commonly used in farmhouses. Visual observation confirmed the degradation of BFI and BFII films after 150 days after tansplanting (DAT). BFII increased light penetration into the films and reduced the weight maintenace after 180 DAT, with a high decompostion at 30 days after soil tilling. Soil moisture contents much fluctuated between –14 kP and - 0 kPa in NM plots, increasing the minimum soil temperature of BFI plots. Mulching treatments decreased soil organic matter contents but did not subtantially increase soil mineral nutrients, soil bulk density, and number of bacteria compared to those of NM plots. Onion root growth was increased by PEF and BFI treatments at an early growth stage, 60 DAT, with the most remarkable stem extension observed for PEF and BFI treatments after 150 DAT. PEF and BFI treatments increased the bulb’s diameter, length, weight, and lodging at 180 DAT. BFI treatments exhibited a high portion of the “very large” category producing with 55.3 tons ha-1 based on the classification into bulb size, followed by PE (49.3 tons), NM (9.4 tons), and BFII treatments (2.7 tons) at 230 DAT.

Keywords
biodegradable
mulch
nutrients
onion
soil moisture
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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Crop Science
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국작물학회
  • Journal Title :The Korean Journal of Crop Science
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국작물학회지
  • Volume : 68
  • No :3
  • Pages :207-215
  • Received Date : 2023-07-19
  • Revised Date : 2023-08-07
  • Accepted Date : 2023-08-08
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7740/kjcs.2023.68.3.207
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