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A Substantial Role of Agro-Textiles in Agricultural Applications
Agro-textiles have been used in the agriculture sector for thousands of years and are an attractive tool for the protection of crops during their entire lifecycle. Currently, the agro-textile market is dominated by polyolefins or petrochemical-based agro-textiles. However, climate change and an incr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9253683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35800605 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.895740 |
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author | Sharma, Neha Allardyce, Ben Rajkhowa, Rangam Adholeya, Alok Agrawal, Ruchi |
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description | Agro-textiles have been used in the agriculture sector for thousands of years and are an attractive tool for the protection of crops during their entire lifecycle. Currently, the agro-textile market is dominated by polyolefins or petrochemical-based agro-textiles. However, climate change and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions have raised concern about the future oil-based economy, and petroleum-based agro-textiles have become expensive and less desirable in the modern world. Other products include agro-textiles based on natural fibers which degrade so fast in the environment that their recovery from the field becomes difficult and unattractive even by efficient recycling or combustion, and their lifetime is usually limited to 1 or a maximum of 2 years. Hence, the development of bio-based agro-textiles with a reduced impact on the environment and with extended durability is foreseen to initiate the growth in the bio-based economy. The world is gradually preparing the shift toward a bio-based economy, and research for sustainable bio-based alternatives has already been initiated. This review provides insight into the various agro-textiles used currently in agriculture and the research going on in the area of agro-textiles to offer alternative solutions to the current agro-textile market. |
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spelling | pubmed-92536832022-07-06 A Substantial Role of Agro-Textiles in Agricultural Applications Sharma, Neha Allardyce, Ben Rajkhowa, Rangam Adholeya, Alok Agrawal, Ruchi Front Plant Sci Plant Science Agro-textiles have been used in the agriculture sector for thousands of years and are an attractive tool for the protection of crops during their entire lifecycle. Currently, the agro-textile market is dominated by polyolefins or petrochemical-based agro-textiles. However, climate change and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions have raised concern about the future oil-based economy, and petroleum-based agro-textiles have become expensive and less desirable in the modern world. Other products include agro-textiles based on natural fibers which degrade so fast in the environment that their recovery from the field becomes difficult and unattractive even by efficient recycling or combustion, and their lifetime is usually limited to 1 or a maximum of 2 years. Hence, the development of bio-based agro-textiles with a reduced impact on the environment and with extended durability is foreseen to initiate the growth in the bio-based economy. The world is gradually preparing the shift toward a bio-based economy, and research for sustainable bio-based alternatives has already been initiated. This review provides insight into the various agro-textiles used currently in agriculture and the research going on in the area of agro-textiles to offer alternative solutions to the current agro-textile market. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9253683/ /pubmed/35800605 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.895740 Text en Copyright © 2022 Sharma, Allardyce, Rajkhowa, Adholeya and Agrawal. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Plant Science Sharma, Neha Allardyce, Ben Rajkhowa, Rangam Adholeya, Alok Agrawal, Ruchi A Substantial Role of Agro-Textiles in Agricultural Applications |
title | A Substantial Role of Agro-Textiles in Agricultural Applications |
title_full | A Substantial Role of Agro-Textiles in Agricultural Applications |
title_fullStr | A Substantial Role of Agro-Textiles in Agricultural Applications |
title_full_unstemmed | A Substantial Role of Agro-Textiles in Agricultural Applications |
title_short | A Substantial Role of Agro-Textiles in Agricultural Applications |
title_sort | substantial role of agro-textiles in agricultural applications |
topic | Plant Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9253683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35800605 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.895740 |
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