THE INFLUENCE OF NOVEL TENSIDIC “ARCHETYPES” ON COLLAGEN BYPRODUCT FOR AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS

Abstract

The European Biostimulants Industry Council defines biostimulators as a class of compounds that include substances or microorganisms which have a positive impact on plant growth, yield and chemical composition, as well as on the growth of effects on tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress. Gelatin was proven to enhance plant growth due to better transport of amino acids in plants when is used as a root biostimulant. Tomato plants treated with protein hydrosysates had a higher content of ascorbic acid, lycopene, total polyphenols and higher lipophilic antioxidant activity than the control samples treated with water. Bolaamphiphiles and gemini are new classes of amphiphilic surfactants, with different applications due to their high ability to deliver active substances and capacity to emulsify the mezzo nutrients and microelements in gelatin. The aim of the paper is to develop new structured emulsions and study the influence of novel tensidic “archetypes” like layered networks, based surfactants (bolaform, gemini) on collagen gelatin with mezzo and micronutrients, for agriculture applications. In our research we have elaborated a method for including mezzo and microelements in collagen gelatin, obtaining novel stable structured emulsions, with the final purpose of application as a new class of root fertilizers in agriculture. The new multiple structured emulsions are original due to the successful inclusion of surfactants/mezzo and microelements/collagen gelatin, with high potential for biostimulation and nutrition of tomato plants.

Keywords

• “archetypes” like layered networks
• collagen byproduct
• tomato plants biostimulation
• nutrition in agriculture