Controlled release fertilizers for sustainable agriculture

Controlled Release Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture provides a comprehensive examination of precision fertilizer applications using the 4-R approach--the right amount of fertilizer at the right time to the right plant at the correct stage of plant growth. This volume consolidates detailed inf...

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Other Authors Lewu, F. B., Volova, Tatiana G., Thomas, Sabu, Rakhimol K. R.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, [2021]
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780128226148
0128226145
9780128195550
012819555X
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Conventional methods of fertilizer release / S. Shahena, Maya Rajan, Linu Mathew et al.
  • Fate of the conventional fertilizers in environment / Ashitha A., Rakhimol K.R. and Jyothis Mathew
  • Controlled release of fertilizers : concept, reality, and mechanism / Maya Rajan, S. Shahena, Linu Mathew et al.
  • Characteristics and types of slow- and controlled-release fertilizers / Aiman E. Al-Rawajfeh, Mohammad R. Alrbaihat and EHab M. AlShamaileh
  • Methods for controlled release of fertilizers / Vinaya Chandran, Hitha SHaji and Linu Mathew
  • Manufacturing of slow and controlled release fertilizer / Chandra Wahyu Purnomo and Hens Saputra
  • Controlling factors of slow or controlled-release fertilizers / Ikram Ganetri, Youness Essamlali, Mohamed Zahouily et al.
  • Sensors detecting controlled fertilizer release / Muhammad Yasin Naz, Shazia Shukrullah and Abdul Ghaffar
  • Trends and technologies behind controlled-release fertilizers / Reshma Soman and Subin Balachandran
  • Nanotechnology in controlled-release fertilizers / Rakhimol K.R., Sabu Thomas, Jayachandran K. et al.
  • Polymer formulations for controlled release of fertilizers / Remya V.R. Jesiya Susan George and Sabu Thomas
  • Chemistry and toxicology behind chemical fertilizers / Stalin Nadarajan and Surya Sukumaran
  • Organic fertilizers as a route to controlled release of nutrients / Hitha Shaji, Vinaya Chandran and Linu Mathew.