Nitrogen-efficient fertilizer research could have lasting impact

(Lehigh University) Jonas Baltrusaitis, an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Lehigh University, has been awarded a four-year, nearly $435,000 grant through the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). His team has developed a dry mechanochemical synthesis method of a family of urea ionic cocrystals that can serve as functional fertilizers that significantly slow down urea hydrolysis in soil, reduce ammonia emissions, and extend availability of nitrogen to plants.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 1, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news