Green Chemistry - A novel soil fertilizer regime for promoting desirable residential lawn characteristics

圣劳伦斯学院和安大略省马克斯维尔农业中心的研究小组合作开发了一种新型肥料，旨在促进多年生草本植物的生长，同时防治一年生和多年生阔叶草。每个房主都希望拥有那片郁郁葱葱的高尔夫草坪。然而，要跟上每年和常年的阔叶草除草的步伐，这是一项艰巨的任务。随着特定除草剂化合物的可获得性减少，甚至无法获得，这种斗争是真实的。目前，由于缺乏物理移除，安大略省的房主只能使用铁基除草剂或其他非致命性药物，如醋。它们根本不起作用。提供肥料解决方案的领先者MacEwen AgriCentre已经找到机会开发一种新型的专有肥料产品来解决这些限制。该公司打算利用该研究项目的结果来提炼一种用于住宅草坪处理的绿色化学肥料并将其商业化。该项目旨在研究不同成分和施用量对一年生和多年生阔叶杂草防除的影响。此外，该项目还将通过评估各种草坪成分对环境空间的影响来对照建议的配方。这一联合研究项目将重点放在各种肥料配方在住宅草坪上的有效性上。该项目的结果将使MacEwen农业中心能够颠覆住宅杂草控制部门，并为常用的低效除草剂提供一种绿色替代方案。

The research team at St. Lawrence College and MacEwen AgriCentre of Maxville Ontario, have developed apartnership to develop a novel fertilizer geared at promoting perennial grasses while simultaneously treatingagainst annual and perennial broad leaf weeds.Every homeowner wishes to have that lush golf green lawn. However, the struggle of keeping up with annualand perennial broad leaf weed removal is a daunting task. With the reduced availability or even thenon-availability of specific herbicide compounds, the struggle is real. Currently, short of physical removal,homeowners in Ontario are left with using iron-based herbicides or other non-lethal remedies such as vinegar.They simply do not work.MacEwen AgriCentre, a leader in providing fertilizer solutions, has identified the opportunity to develop anovel, proprietary fertilizer product to address these limitations. The company intends to use the researchproject's results to refine and commercialize a green chemistry fertilizer for treatments of residential lawns.This project aims to look at the impact of various compositions and application rates on annual and perennialbroad leaf weeds control. Additionally, the project will also look at environmental spatial impacts by assessingvarious lawn compositions against the proposed formulations.This joint research project will focus on the efficacy of various fertilizer formulations as applied to residentiallawns. The results of this project will position MacEwen AgriCentre to disrupt the residential weed controlsector and provide a green alternative to commonly used, inefficient herbicides.