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Vegetable production using plasticulture.

Lamont, W. J., Jr.

Extension Bulletin - ASPAC, Food & Fertilizer Technology Center Year: 1999 Issue: No. 476 Pages: 10 pp. Ref: 28 ref.

1999

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Vegetable production using plasticulture.

 

Plasticulture is a system of growing crops in a way so that a significant benefit is derived from using plastic polymers. The introduction of polyethylene polymer in the early 1950s in the form of plastic films, mulches, and drip-irrigation tubing and tape, revolutionized the commercial production of several vegetable crops and gave rise to plasticulture. The later discovery of other polymers such as polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, and polyesters, and their use in pipes, fertigation equipment, filters, fittings and connectors, and row covers further extended the use of plastic components in this production system. The plasticulture system consists of plastic and non-plastic components: Plastic mulches, drip irrigation, fertigation/chemigation, fumigation and solarization, windbreaks, stand establishment technology, seasonal-extending technology, pest management, cropping strategies, postharvest handling and marketing.