An urgent challenge within agriculture is to improve fertilizer efficiency in order to reduce the
environmental footprint associated with an increased production of crops on existing …

Wettability is a fundamental property of solid surfaces that can be effectively manipulated by
altering the surface chemistry or microstructural morphology. Functional surfaces with …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the rate of foliar absorption of magnesium (Mg)
salts with different deliquescence and efflorescence relative humidity values (DRH and …

Rose is a beautiful and fragrant plant with a variety of medicinal and substance uses.
Various parts of rose such as fruits, flowers, leaves, and bark can be used in various product …

Rose petals exhibit a phenomenal wetting property of being sticky and superhydrophobic
simultaneously. A recent study has shown that for short timescales, associated with drop …

The study explores the impact of biomimetic surfaces on bacterial attachment and biofilm
formation. Specifically, it investigates the effects of topographic scale and wetting behavior …

Soil phosphorus (P) application is the most common fertilisation technique but may involve
constraints due to chemical fixation and microbial immobilisation. Furthermore, excessive P …

Foliar fertilisation is an alternative form of nutrient application, which is of particular interest
for phosphorus (P), where the efficiency of soil fertilisation is low. However, the uptake of …

Increasing CO 2 air concentration may affect wettability, anatomy and ultra-structure of
leaves of Patagonian forest species, evergreen and deciduous plants potentially responding …

Many biological surfaces have hairs, known as trichomes in plants. Here, the wettability and
macro-and micro-scale features of olive leaves are analyzed. The upper leaf side has few …