
Controlled Release Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture
- 1st Edition - October 14, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: F.B Lewu, Tatiana Volova, Sabu Thomas, R.K. Rakhimol
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 5 5 5 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 6 1 4 - 8
Controlled Release Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture provides a comprehensive examination of precision fertilizer applications using the 4-R approach—the right amount of… Read more

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Request a sales quoteControlled 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
Scientists and researchers in Agriculture, Polymer and Materials Science, Polymer Technologists and engineers
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 14, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 266
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128195550
- eBook ISBN: 9780128226148
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F.B Lewu
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Tatiana Volova
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Sabu Thomas
Prof. Sabu Thomas is a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and the Director of the School of Energy Materials at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science & Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park) in Thiruvananthapuram, India. He is the founder director of the International and Inter-university Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University and the former Vice-Chancellor of the same institution.
Prof. Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields. Dr. Thomas has been conferred with Honoris Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, France.
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