Synthesis and Dissolution of Particles for Advanced Mass Transport in Plant Bodies

Abstract

Fertilizers, which are essential for food production, are absorbed by plants in less than half of the amount applied to the soil. As an efficient method of absorbing fertilizer, there is a method of absorbing fertilizer from the leaves of plants (i.e. foliar route). However, the method of transportation in the form of an aqueous solution in which the fertilizer is dissolved is not applicable to macronutrients. In the present study, the goal is to control the dissolution of particles on leaves during the particle transport in the solid state. The effect of properties such as crystal structure of the synthesized multicomponent particles on the dissolution properties was investigated.

Graphical Abstract

Ca/P ratio in the filtrate measured by XRF.