Enhancing nitrogen availability from urea using clinoptilolite zeolite

• Main Authors: Omar, Latifah, Ahmed, Osumanu Haruna, Abdul Majid, Nik Muhamad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61735/1/Enhancing%20nitrogen%20availability%20from%20urea%20using%20clinoptilolite%20zeolite.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61735/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016706117306006#!
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The high costs of nitrogen fertilizers have necessitated best-developed practices to optimize nitrogen fertilizers use whilst minimizing nitrate losses. Ammonium adsorption inhibits loss of nitrogen in the form of nitrate thereby increasing nitrogen availability for crops. Due to the negatively char...