Universal Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 2(2), pp. 43 - 44
DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2014.020201
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Urea Concentration Profiles from Kokum Wax Coated Briquettes

M.Ramananda Bhat ^1,*, D.V.R.Murthy ², M.B.Saidutta ², Sahitya Reddivari ^3
1 Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University, India
² Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Surathkal, Mangalore, India
³ Undergraduate student, Department of Biotechnology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India

ABSTRACT

Urea briquettes suffer from major disadvantages such as relatively rapid dissolution, high soil urea concentration around shrinking briquette and susceptibility to leaching losses. Coatings, such as kokum wax applied on the briquettes, can mitigate these problems. Concentration of urea developed in soil, due to release from kokum wax coated briquettes, were experimentally measured in silt loam soil. High soil urea concentrations as observed in the case of uncoated briquettes were not observed, thereby alleviating the ill effects of high concentration of soil urea.

KEYWORDS
Briquette, Kokum, Wax, Urea, Release, Coating

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] M.Ramananda Bhat , D.V.R.Murthy , M.B.Saidutta , Sahitya Reddivari , "Urea Concentration Profiles from Kokum Wax Coated Briquettes," Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 43 - 44, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2014.020201.

(b). APA Format:
M.Ramananda Bhat , D.V.R.Murthy , M.B.Saidutta , Sahitya Reddivari (2014). Urea Concentration Profiles from Kokum Wax Coated Briquettes. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 2(2), 43 - 44. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2014.020201.