Development of nitrogen nano-fertilizers and its efficacy testing in paddy
Research Type
Lab Research
Experiment Background
The agricultural zones of world are facing the challenges such as low crop yields, low nutritional value, diminishing of soil organic matter and water availability to feed the increasing population of world. In this connection, farmers apply more chemical fertilizers which results into reduction of natural resources. Hence, nanotechnology may have the potential to minimize nutrient losses through leaching, and avoid rapid changes in their chemical nature, thus enhancing nutrient use efficiency and addressing fertilizer environmental concerns by using nanofertilizers. Basically, Nanofertilizers are nutrient fertilizers composed, in whole or part, of nanostructured formulation(s) that can be delivered to the plants, allowing efficient uptake or slow release of active ingredients. Urea coated hydroxyapatite was successfully used for the slow release of nitrogen to rice crop (Kottegoda et. al., ACS Nano, 2017). Furthermore, R. Liu and R. Lal have successfully used apatite nanoparticles as a phosphorus fertilizer for soybean with increasing growth rate and seed yield by 32.6% and 20.4%, respectively (Sci. Rep, 2014). Our aim is to develop metal oxide and carbon based nanofertilizers and study their effect on crop yield.
Experiment Group
Basic Science
Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Unit
(20)ASPEE SHAKILAM BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (SURAT)
Department
(312)ASPEE Shakilam Biotechnology Institute
BudgetHead
(339/12248/00)339/03/REG/01870
Objective
1. To develop nitrogen based nano-fertilizers. 2. To evaluate efficacy of nitrogen based nano-fertilizers in paddy under pot study.
Season
Not season specific
Location Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Location Unit
(20)ASPEE SHAKILAM BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (SURAT)