THIS PROJECT IS FOCUSED ON THAT NEXT GENERATION NANOFERTILIZERS, WHICH HAVE SHOWN EXCELLENT POTENTIAL TOWARDS OPTIMAL FERTILIZER USAGE, AND THEIR REAL-WORLD EFFECTIVENESS UPON CROP APPLICATION. CURRENTLY, A MAJOR HURDLE FOR NANOFERTILIZER TECHNOLOGIES IS THAT PARTICLES TEND TO 'STICK' TOGETHER (FORMING LARGE AGGLOMERATES) DURING APPLICATION PROCESSES AND THUS LOSE THEIR 'NANO' ADVANTAGE. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE HIGHLY DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF THESE PARTICLE-BASED (AGGLOMERATION) PROCESS SO THAT (FUTURE) NANOFERTILIZERS CAN BE RATIONALLY DESIGNED TO REACH THEIR MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS. POTENTIAL POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF THIS WORK INCLUDE MORE PRECISE FERTILIZER DOSE REGIMES (I.E. LOWER OVERALL AMOUNTS WITH NEXT GENERATION NANOFERTILIZERS) RESULTING IN MORE EFFECTIVE NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES.

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THIS PROJECT IS FOCUSED ON THAT NEXT GENERATION NANOFERTILIZERS, WHICH HAVE SHOWN EXCELLENT POTENTIAL TOWARDS OPTIMAL FERTILIZER USAGE, AND THEIR REAL-WORLD EFFECTIVENESS UPON CROP APPLICATION. CURRENTLY, A MAJOR HURDLE FOR NANOFERTILIZER TECHNOLOGIES IS THAT PARTICLES TEND TO 'STICK' TOGETHER (FORMING LARGE AGGLOMERATES) DURING APPLICATION PROCESSES AND THUS LOSE THEIR 'NANO' ADVANTAGE. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE HIGHLY DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF THESE PARTICLE-BASED (AGGLOMERATION) PROCESS SO THAT (FUTURE) NANOFERTILIZERS CAN BE RATIONALLY DESIGNED TO REACH THEIR MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS. POTENTIAL POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF THIS WORK INCLUDE MORE PRECISE FERTILIZER DOSE REGIMES (I.E. LOWER OVERALL AMOUNTS WITH NEXT GENERATION NANOFERTILIZERS) RESULTING IN MORE EFFECTIVE NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES. · GrantIndex