Cover layers to prevent weed growth
AssigneeNederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
InventorsTheodoor Maximilaan Slaghek, Willem Cornelis Drost
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Abstract
The invention relates to a soil cover, a method for preventing weed growth by using a soil cover, the use of potato steam peels and the use of a cork fraction of potato steam peels for preventing weed growth. A soil cover according to the invention comprises potato steam peels or a part, derivative or analogue thereof. In a different embodiment, a soil cover according to the invention comprises a cork fraction of potato steam peels or a part, derivative or analogue thereof.
Claims13
A soil cover, characterized in that it comprises potato steam peels:
- a) wherein a carbohydrate fraction has been subjected to chemical modification treatment resulting in reduced availability of starch and hemicellulose carbohydrates for micro-organisms;
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- b) in which the starch and hemicellulose carbohydrate content has been reduced,
- further characterized in that the starch and hemicellulose carbohydrates are reduced to 28% or less in case a).
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