Polycaprolactone microcapsules containing citric acid and naringin for plant growth and sustainable agriculture: physico-chemical properties and release behavior

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) is an alternative to chemical fertilizers for sustainable, environment friendly agriculture. There is a need to develop strategies to potentiate the interaction between rhizobacteria and plants. Flavonoids and organic acids (components of root exudates) play specific beneficial roles as carbon sources and signal molecules in the plant – rhizobacteria interactions. The goal of this work is to...