Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP200201026

植物石膏：用于植物输送的高效喷雾微涂层。这项提案将研究和应用最近发现的将有益的化学物质牢固地附着在植物叶、茎和果实上的方法。这些材料具有非常好的粘附作物的能力，并且比标准添加剂更有效地提供除草剂或杀虫剂活性成分，而没有毒性。最近的研究结果表明，商业除草剂添加剂及其流入大堡礁等脆弱生态系统的风险很大。该项目将解释异常有效但简单的粘合和交付性能，将新添加剂纳入我们的工业合作伙伴的商业相关配方中，并致力于以相关的制造规模交付材料。

Plant plasters: Efficient spray micro-coatings for plant delivery. This proposal will study and apply recently-discovered methods of strongly attaching beneficial chemicals to plant leaves, stalks, and fruit. The materials have an unusually good ability to stick to crop plants and deliver herbicide or pesticide active ingredients more efficiently than standard additives, without toxicity. Recent findings have shown significant health risks from commercial herbicide additives and their run-off into vulnerable ecosystems like the Great Barrier Reef. This project will explain the unusually effective, but simple, adhesion and delivery performance, incorporate the new additives into commercially-relevant formulations for our industrial partner, and work to deliver the materials at relevant manufacturing scales.