Technologies

Agricultural Sciences

Title:

Seaweed Extract Fertilizer

Area:

Agricultural Sciences, Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Focus Area:

Organic fertilizers, Natural fertilizers

Brief Description

Description :

A simple and novel process of production of Seaweed extract Fertilizer in liquid and powder form useful as an organic nutrition source for almost all type of plants. The fertilizer contains mineral nutrients, vitamins, and micronutrients, which enhance the plant growth. It can be applied as foliar spray or directly applied to the soil as an organic nutrition source. Fertilizers derived from seaweeds are found to be superior to chemical fertilizers due to high level of organic matter, micro and macro elements, vitamins and fatty acids. They can be used with or without chemical fertilizers. Seaweed extracts are allowed as fertilizer for organic farming production practices whereas synthetic chemical fertilizers are prohibited for Organic Food Production. Now-a-days seaweed fertilizers are gaining popularity for achieving higher crop production and soil quality improvement. Seaweed extracts can be manufactured in liquid and powder form and used as fertilizers for all type of crops, grasses and trees.

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