Eco-friendly cellulose hydrogels as controlled release fertilizer for enhanced growth and yield of upland rice

• Main Authors: Dayang Fazirah, Abg Ahmad, Mohd Effendi, Wasli, Cindy Soo Yun, Tan, Zaki, Musa, Chin, Suk Fun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43583/1/srdc_p3.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43583/; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-47922-y#:~:text=The%20results%20suggest%20that%20the,application%20of%20conventional%20urea%20fertilizers.; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47922-y
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

The effect of urea-loaded cellulose hydrogel, a controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) on growth and yield of upland rice were investigated in upland rice. As with the initial research, nitrogen (N) treatments were applied as CRF treatments; T2H (30 kg N ha−1), T3H (60 kg N ha− 1), T4H (90 kg N ha−1),...