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Record Nr.

UNINA9910619275903321

Autore

Tajarudin Husnul Azan

Titolo

Biocoating for Fertilizer Industry / / by Husnul Azan Tajarudin, Charles Wai Chun Ng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

981-19-6035-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (78 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology, , 2191-5318

Disciplina

016.016

Soggetti

Surfaces (Physics)

Biopolymers

Biomaterials

Mathematical models

Agricultural biotechnology

Biofilms

Surface and Interface and Thin Film

Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics

Agricultural Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction to Bio-coating -- Chapter 2. Bio-coating from Composite Materials -- Chapter 3. Bacteria in Bio-coating -- Chapter 4. Evaluation of Bio-coating -- Chapter 5. Techniques of Bio-coating Evaluation -- Chapter 6. Conclusion.-References.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the advancement of coating materials technology especially in agriculture, particularly for fertilizers. Fertilizers are a critical component in meeting rising demands and ensuring global food security. A new generation of fertilizers made by coating granules with biopolymers address these issues. Coating in agriculture is an important area in research for a more sustainable future. Many examples and instances from existing research and related research gaps are discussed. It includes applications of composites as fertilizer’s coating, advantages and disadvantages of fertilizer coating from composites, applications of bacteria in composite, applications of



bacteria in fertilizer industry as well as the common techniques of coating fertilizers with drying process.