Method of enhancing the quality of produce using an agricultural sheet material
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsShigeru Baba, Takafumi Sakurai, Taisaburo Yokota
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Abstract
A method of enhancing the quality of fruits and vegetables grown on trees and/or on plants by covering a substantial portion of the soil surrounding the plant or tree with a spunbonded nonwoven film-fibril sheet material that has been produced by a flash-spinning process. Preferably, the sheet comprises a plexifilamentary film-fibril sheet fabricated from a polyolefin such as polyethylene or polypropylene. When the spunbonded nonwoven film-fibril sheet material is used in this manner, it unexpectedly enhances fruit quality by providing excellent water resistance, moisture vapor permeability and air permeability.
Claims8
A method of enhancing the quality of produce grown on plants and trees comprising covering a substantial portion of the soil surrounding the plant or tree over which the roots of the plant or tree pass with a spunbonded nonwoven film-fibril sheet material that has been produced through a flash-spinning process, said sheet having a moisture permeability of between 3,000 and 7,000 g/m.sup.2 /24 hours and a resistance to water pressure of between 500-3,000 mm.
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