Productivity Benefits from Plastic Mulch in Vegetable Production Likely to Limit Adoption of Alternate Practices that Deliver Water Quality Benefits: An On-Farm Case Study

Intensive tillage, high fertiliser inputs, and plastic mulch on the soil surface are widely used by vegetable growers. A field investigation was carried out to quantify the impact of alternate land management and fertiliser practices designed to improve offsite water quality on the productivity of v...

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Main Authors: Gunasekhar Nachimuthu, Neil V. Halpin, Michael J. Bell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-07-01
Series:Horticulturae
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/3/3/42