Glass fertilizer beads could be a sustained nutrient delivery system (IMAGE)

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Glass fertilizer beads could be a sustained nutrient delivery system

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Researchers turned to glass beads to produce an environmentally compatible, sustained-release fertilizer.

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Adapted from ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acsagscitech.4c00243

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