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Agricultural Science Digest, volume 34 issue 1 (march 2014) : 26-30

EVALUATION OF NEEM BARK COATED UREA FOR SLOW RELEASE OF NITROGEN

Chelvi Ramessh, A.R. Ramesh, 1 Kokila1, N.S. Venkataraman
1Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai – 625 104, India.
Cite article:- Ramessh Chelvi, Ramesh A.R., Kokila1 1, Venkataraman N.S. (2024). EVALUATION OF NEEM BARK COATED UREA FOR SLOW RELEASE OF NITROGEN. Agricultural Science Digest. 34(1): 26-30. doi: 10.5958/j.0976-0547.34.1.005.
The neem bark powder coated urea fertilizer samples were prepared by adapting the spray technique and characterized by using FT-IR and SEM studies. Incubation study was carried out to study the Nitrogen-release pattern with the help of Micro kjeldahl method. SEM studies revealed the presence of Neem bark powder coating on urea. The increase in percentage of coating showed a slow nitrogen-release pattern holding the promise for further studies in this line.
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