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Characterization of biodegradable poly-3-hydroxybutyrate films and pellets loaded with the fungicide tebuconazole

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Biodegradable polymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (P3HB) has been used as a matrix to construct slow-release formulations of the fungicide tebuconazole (TEB). P3HB/TEB systems constructed as films and pellets have been studied using differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray structure analysis, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. TEB release from the experimental formulations has been studied in aqueous and soil laboratory systems. In the soil with known composition of microbial community, polymer was degraded, and TEB release after 35 days reached 60 and 36 % from films and pellets, respectively. That was 1.23 and 1.8 times more than the amount released to the water after 60 days in a sterile aqueous system. Incubation of P3HB/TEB films and pellets in the soil stimulated development of P3HB-degrading microorganisms of the genera Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas, Variovorax, and Streptomyces. Experiments with phytopathogenic fungi F. moniliforme and F. solani showed that the experimental P3HB/TEB formulations had antifungal activity comparable with that of free TEB.

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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant no. 14-26-00039).

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    Tatiana Volova, Natalia Zhila, Olga Vinogradova, Anna Shumilova, Svetlana Prudnikova & Ekaterina Shishatskaya

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Volova, T., Zhila, N., Vinogradova, O. et al. Characterization of biodegradable poly-3-hydroxybutyrate films and pellets loaded with the fungicide tebuconazole. Environ Sci Pollut Res 23, 5243–5254 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5739-1

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