Scientists from the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Zagreb collaborating on the project Environmental and hydrological implications of innovative sprayable biodegradable polymer membrane (PI: Assistant Professor Vilim Filipović, PhD), financed within the Connectivity Programme of the Unity through Knowledge Fund (UKF) published the initial results of their project in several journals: Environmental Science & Technology (5yr IF: 8,543) , Agricultural Water Management (5yr IF: 4,469, two articles) and Agronomy (IF: 2,259).

• Filipović, V., Bristow, K.L., Filipović, L., Wang, Y., Sintim, H.Y., Flury, M., Šimůnek J. (2020). Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane Technology for Cropping Systems: Challenges and Opportunities. Environmental Science & Technology 54 (8), 4709-4711. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c00909
• Braunack, M.V., Adhikari, R., Freischmidt, G., Johnston, P., Casey, P.S., Wang, Y., Bristow, K.L., Filipović, L., Filipović, V. (2020). Initial Experimental Experience with a Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) Technology in Cotton. Agronomy 10, 584. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10040584
• Braunack, M. V., Zaja, A., Tam, K., Filipović, L., Filipović, V., Wang, Y., Bristow, K. L. (2020). A Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) technology: Effect of band width and application rate on water conservation and seedling emergence. Agricultural Water Management, 230, 105900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2019.105900
• Braunack, M.V., Filipović, V., Adhikari, R., Freischmidt, G., Johnston, P., Casey, P.S., Wang, Y., Šimůnek, J., Filipović, L., Bristow, K.L. (2021). Evaluation of a Sprayable Biodegradable Polymer Membrane (SBPM) Technology for soil water conservation in tomato and watermelon production systems. Agricultural Water Management 243, 106446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106446

More information is available at the project website.