Use of polyhydroxybutyrate and ethyl cellulose for coating of urea granules

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 9984-9991

  Costa, Milene M E ^a   Cabral Albuquerque, Elaine C M ^a   Alves, Tito L M ^b   Pinto, José Carlos ^b   Fialho, Rosana L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

coating; slow release; urea fertilizer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CELLULOSE; COATINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRANULATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; UREA; UREA FERTILIZERS;

AGRICULTURAL GROWTHS; COMMERCIAL ENZYMES; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; HIGH SOLUBILITY; PHYSICAL BARRIERS; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; SLOW RELEASE; UREA DISSOLUTIONS;

PLASTIC COATINGS;

CELLULOSE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHYL CELLULOSE; FERTILIZER; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLYMER; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG FORMULATION; EVALUATION STUDY; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; SOLUBILITY;

CELLULOSE; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FERTILIZERS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; KINETICS; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; UREA;

EID: 84886547035     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf401185y     Document Type: Article

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