Innovative Collagen Based Biopolymers Tested as Fertilizers for Poor Soils Amendment.

ABSTRACT: Improving soil quality is of growing interest and, among optimal solutions, the reuse and recycling of biopolymers of pelt waste from the tannery industry have been proposed, one of them being for collagen hydrolysate with micronutrients and polymers incorporated, to be used as fertilizers for poor soils rehabilitation. As functionalization agents, polyacrylamide, starch and dolomite were included into biopolymer matrixes in order to enhance their specific efficiency. These fertilizers were adequately characterized for their physical-chemical properties, including nutrient content, and tested on three poor soils, while a fourth sample of normal soil was chosen for comparative purposes. These soils were also characterized for their texture and physical-chemical properties in order to establ

SUBMITTER: Constantin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10181486 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature