Search Results

of biocontainers were found at the end of the second growing season, suggesting that both biocontainers we tested may not be suitable for long-term (2 years or more) PIP production. However, there might be potential for them to be used as alternatives

al., 2008 ). However, clause 16 of EU Directive 2009/128/CE strongly discourages or prohibits the use of chemical herbicides, such as glyphosate, in public gardens, parks, sport turfs, and schoolyards. As a possible alternative, turfgrass can also be

the most commonly used soil treatment for certified nursery production in California and is allowed under critical use exemption (CUE) and quarantine/preshipment (QPS) criteria [ United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 1999 ]. Alternatives to MB

sweet pepper crop, whereas the tomato crop was unaffected. The measured quantities of absorbed nutrients were similar to those obtained from other alternative local substrates such as almond shell waste used for tomato cultivation ( Urrestarazu et al

. Overhead sprinklers were used in the experiment because they provided an alternative to daily hand watering, and they are used in production nurseries and in holding areas of retail nurseries where plants are not on display for customers. Further questions

grown under a neutral transparent film with addition of PGR ( Fig. 2 ). These results indicate that the PGR can be replaced by an environmentally friendly alternative like the manipulation of the R/FR ratio using photoselective films in poinsettia crops

States ( Sun et al., 2015 ) and globally ( Castronuovo et al., 2015 ; Zhang et al., 2019 ). Lower gas emissions can be achieved if alternatives to plastic containers are used; for example, Koeser et al. (2014) reported that 16% of carbon dioxide

instead use repeated cultivation under vines to maintain bare soil, but cultivation can encourage soil erosion in vineyards ( Martinez-Casanovas and Sanchez-Bosch, 2000 ). Using cover crops in under-vine rows could offer a sustainable alternative to

surface to serve as biological mulch that can be used as an alternative to plastic mulch. This technique can be adapted to a strip tillage system by minimally disturbing one narrow strip for planting, leaving the mulch between rows undisturbed. Soils

alternatives for IPM programs in horticultural crops. The aim was to compare the effect of using kaolin and synthetic chemical insecticides on the population dynamics of whitefly T. vaporariorum (Westwood) in beans and the influence of the particle film on