Host institution:

University of Augsburg, Germany

Postgraduate:

Ana Carolina Cugler Moreira

Supervisors:

Prof. Dr. Peter Fiener
Dr. Melanie Braun

ESR06

Degradation from MaP to MiP resulting from plastic mulching in different agricultural environments

Objectives:

The main objectives of this ESR are (1) to determine degradation rates of different plastic mulching materials (conventional and biodegradable) at the different project test sites under consideration of different soil management and environmental conditions. (2) Quantify the importance of different degradation processes (mechanical breakdown of MaP due to tillage, degradation under UV-light and microbial biodegradation).

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 955334.