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Olive Branch Pruning Material And Biodegradable Alternative Performances On Organic Pepper (Capsicum Annuum L.) Production In Turkey

Kir, Alev; Cetinel, Barbaros; Turan, Hatice Sevim and Aydogdu, Erol (2021) Olive Branch Pruning Material And Biodegradable Alternative Performances On Organic Pepper (Capsicum Annuum L.) Production In Turkey. Paper at: Organic World Congress 2021, Science Forum: 6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB, Rennes, France, 8 - 10 September, 2021. [Completed]

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Summary

Contentious inputs in management of organic farming include the use of plastic for mulching in vegetable crops. The Horizon2020 project Organic-PLUS (GA774340) aims to develop and promote alternatives to fossil-derived plastic used for mulching. In Turkey, one promising alternative tested in field during 2019 was finely chopped pruning materials from olive (Olea europaea L.) branch, which performed well on organic growing of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in field. Olive material showed better weed suppression than biodegradable plastic mulch in irrigated pepper during summer in a field experiment in Izmir/Turkey. One reason for this is that the plastic foils degraded too quickly under Turkish field conditions with a pepper crop. Pruning materials for mulching is an interesting alternative, but practical method for producing and applying this material in field needs to be developed.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Keywords:Biodegradable plastic, olive branch prunings, organic farming, pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), weed suppression
Subjects:"Organics" in general
Research affiliation: International Conferences > 2021: Organic World Congress, Science Forum: 6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB > Transitioning towards organic and sustainable food system
Turkey
Deposited By: rey, m. frederic
ID Code:42310
Deposited On:07 Sep 2021 13:12
Last Modified:07 Sep 2021 13:12
Document Language:English
Status:Unpublished
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted
Additional Publishing Information:A book of abstracts of papers of the Science Forum at the Organic World Congress 2021, September 8-10, Online and on-site in Rennes, France '6th ISOFAR Conference co-organised with INRA, FiBL, Agroecology Europe, TP Organics and ITAB' has been published

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