Zeolites and Their Potential Uses in Agriculture

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2011, Pages 215-236

  Ramesh, Kulasekaran ^a   Reddy, Dendi Damodar ^b   Biswas, Ashish Kumar ^a   Rao, Annangi Subba ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

^b ICAR Central Tobacco Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Alumino silicates; Ammonium trapping; Clinoptilolite; Nutrient use efficiency; Rock phosphate; Slow release fertilizers; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052952212     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386473-4.00009-9     Document Type: Article

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