A green slow-release fertilizer composition based on urea-modified hydroxyapatite nanoparticles encapsulated wood

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-78

  Kottegoda, Nilwala ^a   Munaweera, Imalka ^a   Madusanka, Nadeesh ^a   Karunaratne, Veranja ^a  

^a Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC)   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Macronutrients; Nanoparticles; Slow release; Wood stem

Indexed keywords

GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM;

EID: 79961121845     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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