Controlled Release Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture

F.B Lewu, Tatiana Volova, Sabu Thomas, R.K. Rakhimol, Rakhimol K R

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9780128195550
• eBook ISBN: 9780128226148
• Topic: Sciences biologiques
• Subtopic: Biochimie

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 information on each aspect of controlled release fertilizers, including up-to-date literature citations, the current market for controlled release fertilizers and patents. Presenting the tremendous advances in experimental and theoretical studies on sustainable agriculture and related areas, this book provides in-depth insight into state-of-the-art controlled release mechanisms of fertilizers, techniques, and their use in sustainable agriculture. Conventional release mechanisms have historically meant waste of fertilizers and the adverse effects of that waste on the environment. Controlled release delivery makes significant strides in enhancing fertilizer benefit to the target plant, while protecting the surrounding environment and increasing sustainability. - Presents cutting-edge interdisciplinary insights specifically focused on the controlled release of fertilizers - Explores the benefits and challenges of 4-R fertilizer use - Includes expertise from leading researchers in the fields of agriculture, polymer science, and nanotechnology working in industry, academics, government, and private research institutions across the globe - Presents the tremendous advances in experimental and theoretical studies on sustainable agriculture and related areas

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Chapter 1. Conventional methods of fertilizer release
• Chapter 2. Fate of the conventional fertilizers in environment
• Chapter 3. Controlled release of fertilizers—concept, reality, and mechanism
• Chapter 4. Characteristics and types of slow- and controlled-release fertilizers
• Chapter 5. Methods for controlled release of fertilizers
• Chapter 6. Manufacturing of slow and controlled release fertilizer
• Chapter 7. Controlling factors of slow or controlled-release fertilizers
• Chapter 8. Sensors detecting controlled fertilizer release
• Chapter 9. Trends and technologies behind controlled-release fertilizers
• Chapter 10. Nanotechnology in controlled-release fertilizers
• Chapter 11. Polymer formulations for controlled release of fertilizers
• Chapter 12. Chemistry and toxicology behind chemical fertilizers
• Chapter 13. Organic fertilizers as a route to controlled release of nutrients
• Index