Global agriculture is looking for new agri-tech revolutions not only due to the ever-growing
need for increased food production but also to protect the environment from the harmful …

Modern agriculture has evolved technological innovations to sustain crop productivity.
Recent advances in biorefinery technology use crop residue as feedstock, but this raises …

Synthetic fertilizers have supported the global world agriculture and food systems since 20th
century, they have contributed significantly to increase soil productivity so as to achieve …

Novel lignin/paraffin/epoxy resin composite coated urea (LPECCU) was successfully
prepared. Paraffin and epoxy resin (ER) were used to improve the slow-release properties of …

Lignin is a by-product of biorefineries and paper mills and is usually discarded or burnt.
However, it may represent a source of novel fertilising products, able to support the …

An additional 100 million tons/year of lignin coproduct will result when lignocellulosic
biomass is processed in biorefineries to fiber, sugars, biofuels, and bioproducts. This will …

Lignin, as an abundant natural polymer with interesting mechanical, antimicrobial, and
antioxidant properties, has the possibility to produce numerous chemicals and biofuels of …

Castor oil has been developed rapidly as a bio-based coating material for controlled-release
fertilizers. However, the release characteristics of coated fertilizers are limited because the …

Mulch film and slow-release fertilizers are widely used in agriculture and horticulture, and it
has become a trend to use degradable materials for the preparation of mulch films using …

Controlled release systems of agrochemicals have been developed in recent years.
However, the design of intelligent nanocarriers that can be manufactured with renewable …