AGRICULTURAL SEED CONTAINING HYDROGEL
- 1. Selçuk University, Engineering Faculty, Environmental Engineering Department, Konya, Turkey
- 2. Selçuk University, Engineering Faculty, Environmental Engineering Department, Konya, Turkey
- 3. Selçuk University, Engineering Faculty, Environmental Engineering Department, Konya, Turkey
Abstract: Different solutions are searched to increase agricultural production in order to meet the increasing food needs with population growth and urbanization. There are the excessive using of water, seed, fertilizer and labor in the existing methods. For this reason both economic and highly efficient methods are being developed. In this study, a seed capsule with bioplastic outer garbage was considered to increase the production efficiency and to avoid the waste. It is envisaged that the soil and fertilizer present in the process until the germination of the seeds in the capsule will meet the required nutrient requirement, seed irrigation will not be needed until germination, and irrigation frequency will decrease after germination with the hydrogel covered.