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<strong>Oxygen</strong>-<strong>Releasing</strong> <strong>Fertilizer</strong><br />

<strong>To</strong> <strong>Improve</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Growth</strong><br />

The inventors<br />

Dr. Yuncong Li is an associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the Soil and Water Science Department at<br />

the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Florida. He was recently awarded a UF Research Foundation Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship.<br />

Dr. Li’s research includes practices to improve nutrient use efficiency, plant<br />

nutrition and water quality, nutrient cycling in calcareous soils, impacts <strong>of</strong> agriculture<br />

on south Florida’s natural ecosystems, and water quality monitoring, assessment and<br />

remediation. He is a well published expert in his field, having written dozens <strong>of</strong> journal<br />

articles and book chapters on the related subjects. Dr. Li received his Ph.D. in Environmental<br />

Soil Sciences from <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Maryland in 1993.<br />

Dr. Guodong Liu is a post doctoral associate at the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Florida. Dr. Liu’s<br />

research includes crop stress physiology, soil science, and environmental science. He<br />

has written dozens <strong>of</strong> journal articles and book chapters on efficient utilization <strong>of</strong> nitrogen<br />

phosphorus, potassium by potato, wheat, and rice. He has held one patent and two<br />

pending except Slow-release oxygen fertilizer. Dr. Liu received his Ph.D. in <strong>Plant</strong> Physiology<br />

and Genetics from the Chinese Academy <strong>of</strong> Agricultural Sciences in Beijing,<br />

China, 1993. He is a research pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the Chinese Academy <strong>of</strong> Agricultural Sciences<br />

and joined the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Florida in 2004.<br />

contact<br />

John Byatt<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Florida<br />

Office <strong>of</strong> Technology Licensing<br />

352/392-4979 u e-mail: jbyatt@ufl.edu<br />

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<strong>To</strong> Serve Faculty and Community<br />

Reference UF #11880 Patent pending www.otl.ufl.edu

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