An eco-friendly slow-release urea fertilizer based on waste mulberry branches for potential agriculture and horticulture applications

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1871-1878

  Zhang, Yong ^a,b   Liang, Xiying ^a   Yang, Xiaogang ^a   Liu, Hongyi ^a   Yao, Juming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eco friendly fertilizer; Mulberry branch; Sodium alginate; Urea slow release; Water retention

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILIZERS; HYDROGELS; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY); SODIUM ALGINATE; UREA; UREA FERTILIZERS;

COMPOUND FERTILIZER; ECO-FRIENDLY; MULBERRY BRANCH; OPTIMAL SYNTHESIS; RAW MATERIAL SOURCES; SLOW RELEASE; SYNTHESIS CONDITIONS; WATER RETENTION;

DEIONIZED WATER;

EID: 84903974297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500204z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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