Improving Phosphorus use Efficiency with Polymer Technology

• Published in: Procedia engineering Vol. 46; pp. 178 - 184
• Main Authors: Sanders, J.L., Murphy, L.S., Noble, Anne, Melgar, R.J., Perkins, James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2012

The soil microenvironment surrounding a P fertilizer granule or within a fluid P fertilizer band is subject to a series of primary and secondary solution reactions which substantially impact P availability to plants. Influencing or slowing these reactions is a means of improving applied P use effici...