Alberto Vicari

TL;DR: This series of studies investigated the deterioration of carrier bags made with Mater-Bi (MB), a starch-based bioplastic, in soil, compost and two aquatic ecosystems, a littoral marsh and seawater, indicating thatBioplastic carrier bags were rapidly deteriorated in soil and compost.

TL;DR: The results are consistent with variable and not easily predicted soil degradation rates for seed coating fragments, with enhanced dissipation of coating-entrapped pesticides and with a higher degradation rate for biodegradable seed coating incorporating selected microbial strains.

TL;DR: In this paper, different characteristics of runoff and eroded sediments were investigated as well as changes in textural composition of the original soil, on experimental plots in the Apennines mountain range, in northern Italy.

TL;DR: Understandably, field application of inoculated bioplastic granules showed a rapid shift in the composition of soil A. flavus population, with a significant decrease in relative abundance of indigenous aflatoxigenic isolates, and biocontrol formulation was effective in reducing aflatoxin contamination in both years.

TL;DR: It is suggested that burying compostable film in soil, or application of compost containing CFMPs, may reduce soil quality and increase risk of adverse impacts from elevated aflatoxigenic A. flavus populations in soil.