Biostimulant nanoparticles obtained by a process of thermal modification of carbon, for use in vegetables and other crops, improved the performance of peppers, tomatoes and lettuce, the latter in hydroponic systems. The nanoproduct increases the photosynthesis rate and optimizes the use of water and nutrients by the plant. This is the result of a multidisciplinary research work involving researchers from Embrapa Hortaliças (DF) and students and professors from the University of Brasilia(UnB).
"The results of the tests came quickly, in a few months, and now we have a biofertilizer that in addition to providing favorable nutritional and physiological effects is metabolized by the plant, i.e., not liable to accumulation," notes Juscimar da Silva (photo), an Embrapa researcher in the area of Soil and Plant Nutrition. He details points of the work that led to the adaptation of a technology developed by a group of students from the Chemistry course at UnB to reach an innovative product for the vegetable value chain, as well as other crops.
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Source: Brazil Amazônia Agora