{"id":343,"date":"2023-12-20T12:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T20:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/soilhealth-nwrec\/?page_id=343"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:47:09","slug":"research-biodegradable-mulch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/soilhealth-nwrec\/home-page\/research-projects\/research-biodegradable-mulch\/","title":{"rendered":"Soil Biodegradable Mulches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left  wsu-hero--size-full \">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wsu-background-slider wsu-background-slider--effect-fade\" \n\tdata-delay=\"4000\">\n\t \n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-background-slider__slide wsu-slide--active\">\n\t\t\t<img class=\"wsu-background-slider__image\" 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Our program is focusing on the soil health impacts of the mulch products over time in each location.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Follow project updates <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mulch_Matters\">@Mulch_Matters<\/a>\u00a0and in our <a href=\"https:\/\/smallfruits.wsu.edu\/plastic-mulches\/newsletter\/\">quarterly newsletters<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out this Extension factsheet <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2181\/2022\/07\/BDM-in-field-degradation_factsheet-1.pdf\">In-Field Biodegradation of Soil Biodegradable Mulch<\/a>, co-authored by Deirdre Griffin LaHue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listen to this interview with Deirdre on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/474648\/down-to-the-ground-mulch-talk-with-dr-deirdre-griffin-lahue\">Mulch Matters Podcast<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn more about WSU\u2019s work on biodegradable plastic mulches at the Small Fruit Horticulture lab&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/smallfruits.wsu.edu\/plastic-mulches\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/smallfruits.wsu.edu\/plastic-mulches\/\">plastic mulch page<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related journal publications:&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Griffin-LaHue, D.*,<\/strong> S. Ghimire, Y. Yu, E.J. Scheenstra, C.A. Miles, M. Flury. 2022. In-field degradation of soil-biodegradable plastic mulch films in a Mediterranean climate. <em>Science of the Total Environment<\/em> 806, 150238. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2021.150238\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2021.150238<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Madrid, B., H. Zhang, C.A. Miles, M. Kraft, <strong>D. Griffin-LaHue<\/strong>, L.W. DeVetter. 2022. Humic and acetic acid have the potential to enhance deterioration of select plastic BDMs in a Mediterranean climate. <em>Agriculture<\/em> 12, 865. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/agriculture12060865\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/agriculture12060865<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yu, Y.,\u202f<strong>D. Griffin-LaHue, D.<\/strong>, C.A. Miles, D.G. Hayes, M. Flury. 2021. Are micro- and nanoplastics from soil-biodegradable plastic mulches an environmental concern? <em>Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances,<\/em> 4, 100024. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hazadv.2021.100024\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.hazadv.2021.100024<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zhang, H., C.\u202fMiles, B. Gerdeman, <strong>D.G. LaHue<\/strong>, and L.W. 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