Nutrient Capture from Aqueous Waste and Photocontrolled Fertilizer Delivery to Tomato Plants Using Fe(III)–Polysaccharide Hydrogels

Karunarathna, M. H. Jayan S.; Bailey, Kerri M.; Ash, Bethany L.; Matson, Paul G.; Wildschutte, Hans; Davis, Timothy W.; Midden, W. Robert; Ostrowski, Alexis D.

doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c02694

Title: Nutrient Capture from Aqueous Waste and Photocontrolled Fertilizer Delivery to Tomato Plants Using Fe(III)–Polysaccharide Hydrogels

Abstract

Inexpensive and sustainable methods are needed to reclaim nutrients from agricultural waste solutions for use as a fertilizer while decreasing nutrient runoff. Fe(III)–polysaccharide hydrogels are able to flocculate solids and absorb nutrients in liquid animal waste from Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). Fe(III)–alginate beads absorbed 0.05 mg g^–1 NH₄⁺ and NO₃^- from 100 ppm solutions at pH = 7, with > 80% phosphate uptake and ~30% uptake of ammonium and nitrate. Ammonium uptake from a raw manure solution (1420 ppm NH₄⁺) showed a significant 0.7 mg g^–1 uptake. Tomato plant trials carried out with Fe(III)–alginate hydrogel beads in greenhouse conditions showed controlled nutrient delivery for the plants compared to fertilizer solution with the same nutrient content. Plants showed an uptake of Fe from the gel beads, and Fe(III)–alginate hydrogel beads promoted root growth of the plants. The plants treated with nutrient-loaded Fe(III)–alginate hydrogels yielded comparable tomato harvest to plants treated with the conventional fertilizer solution.

Authors:

^[1]; Bailey, Kerri M. ^[1]; Ash, Bethany L. ^[1];

^[2]; Wildschutte, Hans ^[1]; Davis, Timothy W. ^[1]; Midden, W. Robert ^[1];

^[1]

Bowling Green State Univ., OH (United States)
Bowling Green State Univ., OH (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; Herman Frasch Foundation for Chemical Research in Agricultural Chemistry; Ohio Water Development Authority; Ohio Department of Higher Education; Lake Erie Protection Fund

OSTI Identifier:: 1665974

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; 6883; 7177; R/HAB-17-ODHE; SG 538−2018

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: ACS Omega

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 36; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-1343

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Plants; Plant derived food; Phosphates; Cations; Hydrogels

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                    Karunarathna, M. H. Jayan S., Bailey, Kerri M., Ash, Bethany L., Matson, Paul G., Wildschutte, Hans, Davis, Timothy W., Midden, W. Robert, and Ostrowski, Alexis D. Nutrient Capture from Aqueous Waste and Photocontrolled Fertilizer Delivery to Tomato Plants Using Fe(III)–Polysaccharide Hydrogels.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Karunarathna, M. H. Jayan S., Bailey, Kerri M., Ash, Bethany L., Matson, Paul G., Wildschutte, Hans, Davis, Timothy W., Midden, W. Robert, & Ostrowski, Alexis D. Nutrient Capture from Aqueous Waste and Photocontrolled Fertilizer Delivery to Tomato Plants Using Fe(III)–Polysaccharide Hydrogels.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c02694

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                    Karunarathna, M. H. Jayan S., Bailey, Kerri M., Ash, Bethany L., Matson, Paul G., Wildschutte, Hans, Davis, Timothy W., Midden, W. Robert, and Ostrowski, Alexis D. Wed .  
"Nutrient Capture from Aqueous Waste and Photocontrolled Fertilizer Delivery to Tomato Plants Using Fe(III)–Polysaccharide Hydrogels".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c02694.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1665974.

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@article{osti_1665974,

  title        = {Nutrient Capture from Aqueous Waste and Photocontrolled Fertilizer Delivery to Tomato Plants Using Fe(III)–Polysaccharide Hydrogels},

  author       = {Karunarathna, M. H. Jayan S. and Bailey, Kerri M. and Ash, Bethany L. and Matson, Paul G. and Wildschutte, Hans and Davis, Timothy W. and Midden, W. Robert and Ostrowski, Alexis D.},

  abstractNote = {Inexpensive and sustainable methods are needed to reclaim nutrients from agricultural waste solutions for use as a fertilizer while decreasing nutrient runoff. Fe(III)–polysaccharide hydrogels are able to flocculate solids and absorb nutrients in liquid animal waste from Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). Fe(III)–alginate beads absorbed 0.05 mg g–1 NH4+ and NO3- from 100 ppm solutions at pH = 7, with > 80% phosphate uptake and ~30% uptake of ammonium and nitrate. Ammonium uptake from a raw manure solution (1420 ppm NH4+) showed a significant 0.7 mg g–1 uptake. Tomato plant trials carried out with Fe(III)–alginate hydrogel beads in greenhouse conditions showed controlled nutrient delivery for the plants compared to fertilizer solution with the same nutrient content. Plants showed an uptake of Fe from the gel beads, and Fe(III)–alginate hydrogel beads promoted root growth of the plants. The plants treated with nutrient-loaded Fe(III)–alginate hydrogels yielded comparable tomato harvest to plants treated with the conventional fertilizer solution.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acsomega.0c02694},

  journal      = {ACS Omega},

  number       = 36,

  volume       = 5,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020},

  month        = {Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020}

}

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Figure 1: (A) Ammonium ion uptake of different alginate−Fe beads from a 100 ppm solution at pH = 7. (B) Nitrate uptake of different alginate−Fe beads from a 100 ppm solution at pH = 7. (C) Ammonium, nitrate, and phosphate ion uptakes for alginate−0.1 M FeCl₃ beads from a solutionmore »

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