Reactive Oxygen Fertilizer Compositions for Nitrogen Uptake Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional farming methods face challenges in maintaining plant biomass and nutrient uptake efficiency while reducing nitrogen application, leading to excess nitrogen fertilizer use, environmental pollution, and decreased crop yields.
Innovation Solution
Application of an aqueous solution containing reactive oxygen species (ROS) and ROS inducers, such as black walnut extract, to induce nitrogen uptake efficiency in plants, thereby reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizer and enhancing nutrient utilization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If conventional farming methods apply nitrogen fertilizer to maintain plant biomass and nutrient uptake efficiency, then plant growth is supported, but excess nitrogen runoff and environmental pollution increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical state of oxygen in the soil from molecular oxygen (O2) to reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydrogen peroxide, superoxide, and hydroxyl radicals. This parameter change in oxygen reactivity enables enhanced nitrogen uptake efficiency and plant growth with reduced nitrogen fertilizer application, thereby reducing nitrogen runoff and environmental pollution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces reactive oxygen species as an intermediary substance that mediates between nitrogen fertilizer application and plant uptake. The ROS acts as a signaling molecule and catalyst that enhances nitrogen absorption and utilization efficiency, allowing reduced fertilizer input while maintaining plant growth, thus reducing harmful nitrogen runoff.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If nitrogen fertilizer application is reduced to decrease environmental pollution, then nitrogen runoff decreases, but plant biomass and nutrient uptake efficiency decline
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by transforming the oxidation state and reactivity of oxygen in the soil environment. By introducing reactive oxygen species with higher reactivity than molecular oxygen, the system enhances nitrogen uptake efficiency and maintains plant biomass even when nitrogen fertilizer application is reduced, thereby decreasing nitrogen runoff.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/chemical approach of simply adding more nitrogen fertilizer with a biochemical approach using reactive oxygen species signaling pathways. This substitution activates plant physiological mechanisms that improve nitrogen use efficiency, allowing reduced fertilizer input while maintaining plant growth and biomass.
3Quantity of substance
If reactive oxygen species are applied to increase nitrogen uptake efficiency, then nitrogen fertilizer use is reduced, but the complexity of the treatment system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs self-service by using naturally occurring reactive oxygen species that can be generated in situ through soil microbial activity and plant root exudates. The system leverages existing soil biochemical processes to produce ROS, eliminating the need for complex external treatment equipment while achieving enhanced nitrogen uptake efficiency and reduced fertilizer requirements.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Increases nitrogen uptake and utilization efficiency, maintains plant biomass, and reduces nitrogen runoff and pollution, while maintaining or improving crop yields and quality.
Implementation Method 1
application of an aqueous solution containing reactive oxygen species and reactive oxygen species inducers... sufficient to increase a reactive oxygen species in a plant to induce nitrogen uptake efficiency
Implementation Method 2
increase a reactive oxygen species in a plant to induce nitrogen uptake efficiency by the plant and nitrogen utilization efficiency in the plant
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AI summary
In some embodiments, a composition includes a nitrogen fertilizer, a reactive oxygen species, and a reactive oxygen species inducer. An effective amount of the reactive oxygen species is sufficient to increase reactive oxygen species in a plant to induce increased nitrogen uptake efficiency by the plant and increased nitrogen utilization efficiency in the plant. In some embodiments, the reactive oxygen species inducer is a black walnut extract. In some embodiments, the reactive oxygen species inducer is hydrogen peroxide.