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Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-499-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-499-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
Original research article
 | 
15 Sep 2023
Original research article |  | 15 Sep 2023

Organic and inorganic nitrogen amendments reduce biodegradation of biodegradable plastic mulch films

Sreejata Bandopadhyay, Marie English, Marife B. Anunciado, Mallari Starrett, Jialin Hu, José E. Liquet y González, Douglas G. Hayes, Sean M. Schaeffer, and Jennifer M. DeBruyn

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We added organic and inorganic nitrogen amendments to two soil types in a laboratory incubation study in order to understand how that would impact biodegradable plastic mulch (BDM) decomposition. We found that nitrogen amendments, particularly urea and inorganic nitrogen, suppressed BDM degradation in both soil types. However, we found limited impact of BDM addition on soil nitrification, suggesting that overall microbial processes were not compromised due to the addition of BDMs.
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