Yanle Guo1, Fengyuan Zhuang1, Qunxiang Cui2

  • 1College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, 210038, China.

BMC chemistry
|April 12, 2024
PubMed
概括

研究人员使用液化茄子树枝开发了新的疏水控制释放尿素 (SCRU). 这种可持续的涂层降低了释放率,并延长了肥料的寿命,为农业提供了一个环保的解决方案.

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