Polysaccharides as safer release systems for agrochemicals

EVR Campos, JL de Oliveira, LF Fraceto… - Agronomy for sustainable …, 2015 - Springer
Agrochemicals are used to improve the production of crops. Conventional formulations of
agrochemicals can contaminate the environment, in particular in the case of intensive …

Nanocomposite-based smart fertilizers: A boon to agricultural and environmental sustainability

R Chakraborty, A Mukhopadhyay, S Paul… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fertilizers are indispensable agri-inputs to accomplish the growing food demand. The
injudicious use of conventional fertilizer products has resulted in several environmental and …

Smart nanomaterial and nanocomposite with advanced agrochemical activities

A Kumar, A Choudhary, H Kaur, S Mehta… - Nanoscale Research …, 2021 - Springer
Conventional agriculture solely depends upon highly chemical compounds that have
negatively ill-affected the health of every living being and the entire ecosystem. Thus, the …

Nanocomposite PAAm/methyl cellulose/montmorillonite hydrogel: evidence of synergistic effects for the slow release of fertilizers

A Bortolin, FA Aouada, LHC Mattoso… - Journal of agricultural …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this work, we synthesized a novel series of hydrogels composed of polyacrylamide
(PAAm), methylcellulose (MC), and calcic montmorillonite (MMt) appropriate for the …

Biodegradable all-cellulose composite hydrogel as eco-friendly and efficient coating material for slow-release MAP fertilizer

I Kassem, EH Ablouh, FZ El Bouchtaoui… - Progress in Organic …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the attempt to develop a novel coated fertilizer with combined slow release and water
retention properties, all-cellulose hydrogel formulation was applied as waterborne and …

Algal polysaccharides-based hydrogels: extraction, synthesis, characterization, and applications

J Lin, G Jiao, A Kermanshahi-Pour - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are three-dimensional crosslinked hydrophilic polymer networks with great
potential in drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound dressing, agrochemicals application …

Investigation of Salecan/poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogels prepared by freeze/thaw method

X Qi, X Hu, W Wei, H Yu, J Li, J Zhang, W Dong - Carbohydrate polymers, 2015 - Elsevier
Salecan is a novel water-soluble extracellular-glucan produced by a new kind of salt-
tolerant strain Agrobacterium sp. ZX09 and can be applied in food and medicine industries …

Methylcellulose/lignin biocomposite as an eco-friendly and multifunctional coating material for slow-release fertilizers: Effect on nutrients management and wheat …

FZ El Bouchtaoui, EH Ablouh, M Mhada… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
To obviate adverse effects from the non-biodegradability of certain polymer-based slow-
release fertilizers (SRFs) and to offset higher operational costs, the use of biopolymers as …

Natural polysaccharide-based hydrogels and nanomaterials: Recent trends and their applications

PN Dave, A Gor - Handbook of nanomaterials for industrial applications, 2018 - Elsevier
In the recent era, polysaccharide-based hydrogels received the greater attention due to their
exceptional properties like biodegradability, and biocompatibility. In polysaccharide-based …

Biobased polymer composites derived from corn stover and feather meals as double-coating materials for controlled-release and water-retention urea fertilizers

Y Yang, Z Tong, Y Geng, Y Li… - Journal of agricultural and …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this paper, we synthesized a biobased polyurethane using liquefied corn stover,
isocyanate, and diethylenetriamine. The synthesized polyurethane was used as a coating …