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    Candelilla Wax as Natural Slow-Release Matrix for Fertilizers Encapsulated by Spray Chilling

    Noé Navarro-Guajardo1, Edgar Miguel García-Carrillo2, Carlos Espinoza-González2,*, Rubén Téllez-Zablah1, Fátima Dávila-Hernández2, Jorge Romero-García2, Antonio Ledezma-Pérez2

    Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.6, No.3, pp. 226-236, 2018, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2017.634164

    Abstract Efforts to improve crop yields with efficient use of fertilizers are needed to guarantee global food security. Enhanced slow-release fertilizer systems (SRFs) encapsulated in biodegradable matrices are being developed to address this global concern. From a wide range of strategies for SRFs development, we explored a nature-inspired solution based on the plant cuticle model and its function as a membrane for water and nutrient transport control. Here, Candelilla wax, extracted from Candelilla wild plants (Euphorbia antisyphilitica), is studied as a renewable slow-release matrix for fertilizers encapsulated by a modified spray chilling process. From this process, More >

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