Rising world population is expected to increase the demand for nitrogen fertilizers to
improve crop yield and ensure food security. With existing challenges on low nutrient use …

Agriculture will face the issue of ensuring food security for a growing global population
without compromising environmental security as demand for the world's food systems …

Nitrogen (N) is the most widely applied macronutrient to maintain soil fertility. However, the
conventional N fertilizers applied to the soil are generally of low N use efficiency due to N …

In this study, an eco-friendly controlled release fertilizer cellulose-based hydrogel was
prepared from cellulose fibers derived from wastepaper, epichlorohydrin (ECH) as a …

The fertilizer use-efficiencies particularly of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and zinc (Zn) in
alkaline soils are often seriously low. The surplus N released from the conventional …

In this paper, an eco-friendly versatile superabsorbent material was designed for soil
improvement, and a synchronous chemical loading strategy was proposed. In this strategy …

This article investigates the intercalation of carbamide within globular glauconite involving
the chemical activation of glauconite with carbamide solution-gel at varying concentrations …

For mitigating environmental pollution caused by excess usage of urea fertilizer, this paper
reports a new fertilizer formulation, based on urea incorporating chitosan (CS) and poly …

Modern agriculture is strongly calling for the development of environment-friendly slow-
release fertilizers (SRFs) with high water retention. In this study, a new biochar embedded …

In this study, biodegradable slow-release fertilizer (SRF) hydrogels were synthesized from
hydroxyl propyl methyl cellulose (HPMC), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), glycerol and urea (SRF1) …