Nanofertilizers: New Products for the Industry?

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 26, 2018, Pages 6462-6473

  Dimkpa, Christian O ^a   Bindraban, Prem S ^a  

^a International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development   (United States)

Author keywords

fertilizer industry; judicious exposure; nanoenabled bulk fertilizer; nanofertilizer

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECONOMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUTRIENTS;

CROP PRODUCTIVITY; FERTILIZER INDUSTRY; FERTILIZER PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; JUDICIOUS EXPOSURE; MINERAL FERTILIZERS; NANO-SCALE MATERIALS; NANOFERTILIZER;

FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZER; MINERAL; NANOPARTICLE;

CROP; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDUSTRY;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; INDUSTRY; MINERALS; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 85049582670     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b02150     Document Type: Review

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