Covering material for agricultural and horticultural soil

The invention provides a covering material for agricultural soil, which material contains starch or a derivative or fraction thereof as binder together with a structure-improving amount of an acid and/or an oil, and a finely divided vegetable filler such as straw. The oil is for instance palm oil or linseed oil in an amount of 1-25 wt. %. The acid is preferably 0.2-4 % by weight of phosphoric acid or citric acid. The material may further comprise fungicides, bentonite and/or rubber latices.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bastiaansen, A.J., Hanzen, A., de Wit, D., Tournois, H.
Format: Patent biblioteca
Language:English
Subjects:Life Science,
Online Access:https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/covering-material-for-agricultural-and-horticultural-soil
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