{"id":203590,"date":"2022-09-05T18:43:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T13:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=203590"},"modified":"2022-09-05T18:43:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T13:13:39","slug":"scientists-are-unsure-about-how-nano-urea-benefits-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scientists-are-unsure-about-how-nano-urea-benefits-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists are unsure about how \u2018Nano Urea\u2019 benefits crop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cScientists are unsure about how \u2018Nano Urea\u2019 benefits crop\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> The Hindu <\/b>on 4th September 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Nano Urea (a fertilizer) has been approved by the government for commercial use because of its potential to substantially reduce the import bill, but several experts have questioned the science underlying its efficacy.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Nano Urea?<\/b><\/h5>\n

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Why have experts raised questions about the efficacy of Nano Urea?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Firstly,<\/b> plants need nitrogen to make protein and they source almost all of it from soil bacteria which live in a plant\u2019s roots and have the ability to break down atmospheric nitrogen or from chemicals such as urea into a form usable by plants.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Chemically packaged urea is 46% nitrogen which means a 45 kg sack contains about 20 kg of nitrogen. Contrastingly, Nano Urea sold in 500 ml bottles has only 4% nitrogen (or around 20 gm). How this can compensate for the kilogrammes of nitrogen normally required puzzles scientists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondly,<\/b> urea is highly water soluble and already reaches the lowest form of concentration when absorbed. How nanoparticles can increase the effectiveness of nitrogen uptake by being still smaller is unclear.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cScientists are unsure about how \u2018Nano Urea\u2019 benefits crop\u201d published in The Hindu on 4th September 2022. What is the News? Nano Urea (a fertilizer) has been approved by the government for commercial use because of its potential to substantially reduce the import bill, but several experts… Continue reading Scientists are unsure about how \u2018Nano Urea\u2019 benefits crop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-203590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704888398},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}