Zeolites and Their Potential Uses in Agriculture

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 113, Issue , 2011, Pages 219-241

  Ramesh, Kulasekaran ^a   Reddy, Dendi Damodar ^b  

^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: 84877702416     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386473-4.00004-X     Document Type: Chapter

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