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CONTENANT BIODEGRADABLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Planting Techniques (Farming)
  • Nurseries (Farming)
  • Silviculture
CONT

Biodegradable containers .... Development of biodegradable plastic containers, suitable for growing and transplanting trees in various regions of North America, based on a new plastic developed by Union Carbide Corporation called polycaprolactone, is described.

OBS

The biodegradability of organic materials such as paper, plastics and chemicals is defined as the susceptibility of the material to being attacked and assimilated by microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de plantation
  • Pépinières
  • Sylviculture
OBS

Biodégradable : Se dit des produits qui peuvent être détruits par des bactéries ou d'autres agents biologiques habituellement présents dans la nature.

OBS

Nous avons repéré l'expression "contenant dégradable" dans une source, mais l'adjectif "dégradable" n'existe pas en français.

Key term(s)
  • récipient biodégradable

Spanish

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