The Obtainment Process of Biopolymer Coated NPK Fertilizer and its Comparison with Analog on Berry Plants

Abstract

The transition to a highly productive and environmentally friendly agricultural sector, the development and implementation of systems for the rational use of mineral fertilizers for obtaining safe and high-quality, including functional, food products is one of the main tasks allocated by the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin. Due to this decree, the theory of mineral nutrition has received rapid development in recent decades within scientific and technological progress in the field of analytical chemistry and physics, molecular biology, and genetics. Information on various physiological and biochemical functions of plant nutrients has been obtained, and the regularities of the distribution of elements in various parts of plants and fruits (berries) have been also generalized. The main forms of nutrients in the soil and the factors determining the bioavailability of macro and micronutrients have been identified. The aim of this research paper is to produce a biodegradable fertilizer where Azofoska Universal (N16: P16: K16) was uniformly coated within layer size by water-soluble biopolymer through continuous flow reactor V-star. The obtained samples were further tested and compared to well-known American analog slow-released fertilizer TAGROW on berry plants under greenhouse conditions within, berry root plant volume, stress resistance of plants, yield, the resulting fruits were studied for sugar levels using an RHB-32ATC refractometer. Moreover, infrared spectroscopy data for obtained biopolymer coated Azafoska Universal is illustrated in this research.