Controlled Release of Fertilizer Minerals by Incapsulating Membranes: II. Efficiency of Recovery, Influence of Soil Moisture, Mode of Application, and Other Considerations Related to Use
1962
Lunt, O. R. | Oertli, J. J.
It was shown using membrane-coated granular fertilizer, in which the membrane constituted 11 or 12.5% of the weight of the granules, that: (a) moisture levels, exceeding the range of permanent wilting percentage to field capacity in a loam soil, did not appreciably affect the rate of transfer of minerals through the membrane of coated fertilizer mixed in the soil, (b) the time for transfer of a given fraction of fertilizer through membranes is substantially extended if the fertilizer is topdressed on a soil as compared to incorporated (presumably due to intermittent drying between leachings), and (c) an efficiency of recovery ranging from about 25 to 45% was obtained from a single application, incorporated in the sand, of coated ammonium nitrate by corn during a 3-month growing period. In the latter study a sand was used containing < 1% of clay and as much as 7 feet of water passed through the root zone during the period of the study. Implications of the coating technique for controlling fertilizer availability are briefly considered.
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