ArticlePeerJ2020
Effects of plastic mulching on the accumulation and distribution of macro and micro plastics in soils of two farming systems in Northwest China.
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- Potential Toxicity of Microplastics in Wheat and Maize-A Pilot Pot Experiment.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A Cost-Effective Standardized Quantitative Detection Method for Soil Microplastics in Different Substrates.Toxics · 2026Article
- Plastic Debris in Agroecosystems: Distribution and Abundance Patterns, and Relationship with Terrain Characteristics in Southeastern Brazil.ACS omega · 2025Article
- Assessing the impact of micro and nanoplastics on the productivity of vegetable crops in terrestrial horticulture: a comprehensive review.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2025Review
- Microplastic effects on soil nitrogen storage, nitrogen emissions, and ammonia volatilization in relation to soil health and crop productivity: mechanism and future consideration.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundInappropriate disposal of the plastic mulching debris could create macroplastics (MaPs) and microplastics (MiPs) pollution in agricultural soil.
methodsTo study the effects of farming systems on accumulation and distribution of agricultural plastic debris, research was carried out on two farming systems in Northwest China. Farming in Wutong Village (S1) is characterized by small plots and low-intensity machine tillage while farming in Shihezi (S2) is characterized by large plots and high-intensity machine tillage. In September 2017, we selected six fields in S1, three fields with 6-8 years of continuous plastic mulching (CM) as well as three fields with over 30 years of intermittent mulching (IM). In S2, we selected five cotton fields with 6, 7, 8, 15 and 18 years of continuous mulching. In both regions, MaPs and MiPs from soil surface to 30 cm depth (0-30 cm) were sampled.
resultsThe results showed that in S1, MaPs mass in fields with 6-8 years CM (i.e., 97.4kg·ha
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