The smart combination of agriculture and other sciences can greatly reduce the limits of
fertilizer use. Chitosan is a linear amino polysaccharide with a rigid structure which has …

With the exponential growth of the global population, the agricultural sector is bound to use
ever larger quantities of fertilizers to augment the food supply, which consequently increases …

In agriculture, there are problems such as the high porosity of soils, high irrigation of water
and low fertilizer retention. Therefore, materials with the ability to absorb a high amount of …

Presently, about 200 million tons of urea fertilizer is produced worldwide to meet supply and
demand. However, a quarter of the urea applied to soils is lost to the environment due to …

The aim of this study was to prepare a double-coated, slow-release, and water-retention
urea fertilizer (DSWU) to reduce environment pollution derived from excessive nitrogen …

The commercial granular fertilizer NPK6-20-30 was coated using polysulfone (PSF),
polyacrylonitrile (PAN), and cellulose acetate (CA). The coatings were formed from the …

Phosphate rock (PHR), a traditional fertilizer, is abundant, but is hard to be utilized by plants.
To improve the utilization of PHR, and to integrate water-retaining and controlled-release …

Most manufacturing technologies of slow-release urea fertilizers are solvent-assisted and
consequently complicated. Therefore, the development of a solvent-free and facile approach …

Biodegradable polymer-coated controlled-release fertilizers (PC-CRFs) are essential means
to reduce cost, improve marketability, conserve land fertility, achieve high crop yields and …

To improve fertilizer use efficiency and minimize its negative impact on environment, a slow-
release nitrogen and boron fertilizer with water-retention was prepared. Wheat straw was …