Agricultural plastic waste spatial estimation by Landsat 8 satellite images

Lanorte, Antonio; Santis, Fortunato De; Nolè, Gabriele; Blanco, Ileana; Loisi, Rosa Viviana; Schettini, Evelia; Vox, Giuliano

doi:10.1016/j.compag.2017.07.003

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“…However, the use of plastic represents a spotlighted issue due to the adverse environmental impact connected to its disposal. In this respect, the agricultural plastic waste on the land is being estimated and mapped by using satellite images, with the aim to monitor and optimize its collection from the farms and their transport to the recycling companies [10,11]; notably, in Barletta-Andria-Trani Province of Apulia Region the agricultural plastic waste amounts to 1.2 tons per hectare [12]. Indeed, plastic degradation is a complex process which is remarkably affected by the plastic composition as well as the biotic and abiotic conditions they are exposed to [13].…”

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Production, Leaf Quality and Antioxidants of Perennial Wall Rocket as Affected by Crop Cycle and Mulching Type

Caruso

Stoleru²,

Pascale

et al. 2019

Agronomy

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The plastic mulch has raised a disposal issue, which has been diverting the research focus on biodegradable film as an alternative. Research was carried out in southern Italy in 2016–2017 and 2017–2018 in order to assess the effects of three crop cycles (autumn-winter, winter, spring) in factorial combination with three soil mulching types (a MaterBi biodegradable black film; a brown photoselective low density polyethylene (LDPE) film; a black-standard LDPE film) and a non-mulched control, on leaves yield, quality and antioxidants of greenhouse grown Diplotaxis tenuifolia (L.) D.C. The spring cycle was the shortest and best enhanced plant growth and yield. The non-mulched control caused an 11% yield reduction compared to the mulching treatments average (12.4 t ha−1). The soil temperature was highest under photoselective and standard LDPE films. The Soil Plant Analysis Development (SPAD) index was 17.4% higher in the leaves grown in mulched soil. Winter season and biodegradable mulch led to higher leaf dry residue and organic acids. Leaf nitrate content was highest in winter and under mulching. The spring cycle, the biodegradable and photoselective LDPE film resulted in the highest antioxidant compound content and activity. The biodegradable polymer improved leaf quality, showing suitable features for sustainable production.

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Production, Leaf Quality and Antioxidants of Perennial Wall Rocket as Affected by Crop Cycle and Mulching Type

Caruso

Stoleru²,

Pascale

et al. 2019

Agronomy

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“…Plastic material use in agriculture has got great benefits but it ends up in large amount of plastic waste to be disposed of [71]. Support Vector Machine was used for image classification with Landsat 8 images.…”

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Thermal Imaging Techniques in Agricultural Applications

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2019

IJITEE

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Thermal imaging innovation has transformed into an important technique in all fields as a result of its non-ruinous, non-contact method to choose thermal properties and highlights of any object/zone of interest. It is a procedure of improving the permeability of objects in a dark environment by detecting the objects infrared radiation and shaping an image based on that obtained data. This method will be useful in all fields where temperature difference helps in analyzing the area/object. The potential use of this technique in the agricultural field includes irrigation scheduling, soil properties mapping, plant disease detection, crop yield estimation, evaluating the maturity of the crop, etc. This paper briefly reviews some of the works on thermal imaging for agricultural applications

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“…However, the popularization of plastic materials for agricultural purposes has generated great concern due to the increase of adverse effects on the environment. It is estimated that the annual consumption of plastics for agricultural applications is equivalent to approximately 6.5 million tons worldwide, resulting in large amounts of plastic waste [4].…”

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Biodegradation in simulated soil of HDPE/pro-oxidant/rice husk composites: application in agricultural tubes

2018

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The use of agricultural waste, such as rice husk (RH), for the production of cheap and eco-friendly polymer composites has emerged as a promising field of interest. The aim of this work was the preparation of highdensity polyethylene (HDPE)-based composites reinforced with rice husk and an organic pro-oxidant (EG15) for the production of seedlings tubes. Photodegradation and degradation tests in simulated soil were performed for 90 and 180 days in order to study the decomposition of these composites. The SEM and OM images suggest that degradation of the composites samples was more extensive than the pure HDPE samples, probably because the composites present intense light absorption in the UV range, facilitating the degradation process even before biodegradation begins. In addition, after introducing RH particles in the polymeric matrix, the mechanical tensile and flexural properties, experienced significant changes, suggesting that the RH particles were homogeneously dispersed throughout the polymer matrix. Finally, the results have demonstrated that HDPE, RH, and EG15 are attractive materials for the design of polymeric composites for the production of seedlings tubes with excellent mechanical properties, being also easily decomposed in the environment once discarded.

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Agricultural plastic waste spatial estimation by Landsat 8 satellite images

Cited by 74 publications

References 53 publications

Production, Leaf Quality and Antioxidants of Perennial Wall Rocket as Affected by Crop Cycle and Mulching Type

Production, Leaf Quality and Antioxidants of Perennial Wall Rocket as Affected by Crop Cycle and Mulching Type

Thermal Imaging Techniques in Agricultural Applications

Biodegradation in simulated soil of HDPE/pro-oxidant/rice husk composites: application in agricultural tubes

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