Controlled release fertilizers for sustainable agriculture. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by F.B Lewu, Tatiana Volova, Sabu Thomas, R.K. Rakhimol.
• Editors: Lewu, F. B; Volova, Tatiana G; Thomas, Sabu; Rakhimol, R. K
• Contents: 1. Controlled Release of Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture: State of the art, opportunities and novelty; 2. Conventional methods for fertilizer release; 3. Fate of the conventional fertilizers in environment; 4. Controlled release of fertilizers- concept, reality and mechanism; 5. Controlled and slow release fertilizers; 6. Characteristics and types of slow- and controlled-release fertilizers; 7. Methods for controlled release of fertilizers; 8. Manufacturing of slow- and controlled-release Fertilizers; 9. Factors controlling the release of fertilizers, Advantages and disadvantages of slow- and controlled-release fertilizers ; 10. Options for the application of slow- and controlled-release fertilizers, Consumption and economics of slow- and controlled-release of fertilizers; 11. Costs and benefits of slow- and controlled-release fertilizers, Sensors detecting controlled fertilizer release; 12. Trends and technologies behind controlled release fertilizers; 13. Nanotechnology in controlled release fertilizers; 14. Polymer formulations for controlled release of fertilizers; 15. Chemistry and toxicology behind chemical fertilizers, Theory and simulation modelling of controlled release of fertilizers; 16. Controlled release of organic fertilizers, Future of controlled release fertilizers
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 631.8; Fertilizers -- Environmental aspects; Sustainable aquaculture
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128226148
• Related ISBNs: 9780128195550
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