New coating formulation for the slow release of urea using a mixture of gypsum and dolomitic limestone

• Main Authors: Babadi, Farahnaz Eghbali, Yunus, Robiah, Abdul Rashid, Suraya, Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran, Ali, Salmiaton
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34642/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674200115000784
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The use of urea and urea-based fertilizers has increased considerably over the past 15 years. They currently account for approximately 51% of the world's agricultural nitrogen consumption. However, about 20–70% of the applied urea fertilizer is lost to the environment, causing serious pollution...