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

圣劳伦斯学院和安大略马克斯维尔的麦克尤恩农业中心的研究小组已经开发出一种新型肥料，用于促进多年生草的生长，同时治疗一年生和多年生阔叶杂草。每个房主都希望拥有郁郁葱葱的高尔夫绿色草坪。然而，跟上一年生和多年生阔叶杂草的清除是一项艰巨的任务。随着特定除草剂化合物的可用性降低甚至不可用，斗争是真实的。目前，由于缺乏物理清除，安大略的房主只能使用铁基除草剂或其他非致命的补救措施，如醋。它们根本不起作用。提供肥料解决方案的领导者MacEwen AgriCentre已经确定了开发新型专有肥料产品的机会，以解决这些限制。该公司打算利用该研究项目的结果来改进和商业化一种用于住宅草坪处理的绿色化学肥料。该项目旨在研究各种成分和施用量对一年生和多年生阔叶杂草控制的影响。此外，该项目还将通过评估各种草坪成分对拟议配方的环境空间影响。该联合研究项目将重点关注各种肥料配方应用于住宅草坪的功效。该项目的结果将定位MacEwen农业中心，以扰乱住宅杂草控制部门，并提供一个绿色替代常用的，低效的除草剂。

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.