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Original Research Article

Effects of Novel Biodegradable Film Mulching on Soil Environment and Soybean Growth

신규 생분해성 필름 멀칭이 토양환경과 콩 작물 생육에 미치는 영향

Hyun-Sug Choi12*
,
Ji-Sik Jung3
최 현석12*
,
정 지식3
1Professor, Department of Horticultural Biotechnology, Hankyong National University, Anseong-si 17579, Korea
2Professor, Research Institute of International Agriculture, Technology and Information, Hankyong National University, Anseong-si 17579, Korea
3Researcher, Department of Horticultural Biotechnology, Hankyong National University, Anseong-si 17579, Korea
1한경국립대학교 원예생명공학전공 교수
2한경국립대학교 국제농업기술정보연구소 교수
3한경국립대학교 원예생명공학전공 연구원
*Corresponding Author
1 September 2025. pp. 151-159
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Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate soil environment, crop growth, and film disintegration after tillage in a soybean field mulched with commercial and novel biodegradable films in year 2024. Treatment included polyethylene (PE) film, a commercial biodegradable (BD) F film (single-layer), and two novel BD films of R (three-layer) and T (single-layer). Visual disintegration of the mulched T film was high (2.5) 30 days after transplanting (DAT), which appeared in F and R films at 60 DAT, with disintegration into small-sized plastic pieces of all BD films at 120 DAT. Light transmittance was the highest in the mulched R film. PE mulching treatment increased soil moisture potential and effectively suppressed weed occurrence before harvest, October. T treatment plots showed high soil pH and low EC on certain measurement days, with the opposite trends observed in the PE plots. Soil nitrate nitrogen and available phosphorus contents were low in the R- and T-treated plots. PE treatment increased leaf SPAD and number on certain measurement dates. T- and R-treatments increased sterility and decreased seed weight observed for crops treated with F film. The highest disintegration of approximately 20 % occurred in T film at 10 cm soil depth at 30 days after tillage, with approximately 30 % disintegration occurred in R- and T-film after 60 days. In summary, although BD films partially influenced soybean yield reduction, their rapid degradability might be advantageous for cropping system flexibility.

Keywords
biodegradable film
growth, mulch
soybean, yield
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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 : 70
  • No :3
  • Pages :151-159
  • Received Date : 2025-08-07
  • Revised Date : 2025-08-21
  • Accepted Date : 2025-08-22
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7740/kjcs.2025.70.3.151
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