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Practical Resources
- Black Plastic: Is there a Viable Organic Mulch Alternative?
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. 2014
- Current and Future Prospects For Biodegradable Plastic Mulch in Certified Organic Production Systems
- eOrganic. 2013
- Mulch-based weed control
- Grainews. 2015
- Mulching for Weed Management in Organic Vegetable Production
- eOrganic. 2012
- Organic Mulching Materials for Weed Management
- eOrganic. 2012
- Synthetic Mulching Materials for Weed Management
- eOrganic. 2012
- eOrganic. 2012
- Weed Barriers for Perennial Crops
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2013
- Weed 'Em and Reap Part 1. Tools for Organic Weed Management in Vegetable Cropping Systems
- eOrganic. 2013
Scientific Results
- Agronomic benefits of alfalfa mulch applied to organically managed spring wheat
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2006) 86: 121-131
- Effects of mulching and cover cropping on soil microbial parameters in the organic growing of black currant
- Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (1997) 28: 913-925
- Effects of woodchip mulch and barley intercropping on weeds in lentil crops
- Weed Research (2012) 52: 161-168
- Weed Research (2012) 52: 161-168
- Effects of 16-Year Woodchip Mulching on Weeds and Yield in Organic Farming
- Agronomy Journal (2018) 110:359-368
- Agronomy Journal (2018) 110:359-368
- Evaluation of biodegradable mulches for production of warm-season vegetable crops
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2010) 90: 737-743
- Evaluation of mulching in organically grown black currant in terms of its effect on the crop and the environment
- Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae. Agraria (1997)
- Integrated Systems of Weed Management in Organic Transplanted Vidalia® Sweet Onion Production
- HortTechnology (2012) 22: 64-69
- Management of weeds, apple sawfly (Hoplocampa testudinea Klug) and plum curcuclio (Conotrachelus nenuphar Herbst) with cellulose sheeting
- Crop Protection (2006) 25: 331-337
- Mulching options for northwest organic and conventional orchards
- HortScience (2008) 43: 45-50
- Mulching with Large Round Bales between Plastic-covered Beds Using a Newly Developed Offset Round-bale Unroller for Weed Control
- HortTechnology (2013) 23: 511-516
- New methods of crop production and farmland birds: effects of plastic mulches on species richness and abundance
- Journal of Applied Ecology (2013) 50: 1387-1396
- Organic mulches alter nematode communities, root growth and fluxes of phosphorus in the root zone of apple
- Applied Soil Ecology (2008) 39: 15-22
- Performance of Paper Mulches Using a Mechanical Plastic Layer and Water Wheel Transplanter for the Production of Summer Squash
- HortTechnology (2010) 20: 319-324
- Permeability of Fabric Ground Covers to Organically-Derived Nutrients
- International Journal of Fruit Science (2010) 10: 109-122
- Polyethylene and biodegradable mulches for agricultural applications: a review
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2012) 32: 510-529
- Straw mulch increases potato yield and suppresses weeds in an organic production system
- Biological Agriculture & Horticulture (2018) 34:53-69
- Suitability of Biodegradable Plastic Mulches for Organic and Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems
- HortScience (2017) 52: 10-15
- Weed Management Practices for Organic Production of Trailing Blackberry: I. Plant Growth and Early Fruit Production
- HortScience (2013) 48: 1139-1144
- HortScience (2013) 48: 1139-1144