Four new papers by Assistant Professor Vilim Filipović

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.