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    Fertilizer is any material added to soil to supply plant nutrients. Fertilizers are classified as straight, complex, or mixed based on the number of primary nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) contained. They also take various physical forms including powders, crystals, prills, granules, and briquettes. Common nitrogenous fertilizers include urea, ammonium sulfate, and sodium nitrate. Phosphatic fertilizers include super phosphate and triple super phosphate. Potassic fertilizers include potassium chloride and potassium sulfate. Fertilizer grade indicates the minimum percentage of NPK contained. Physical properties like moisture content and chemical properties determine fertilizer selection and use.

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    Fertilizer is any material added to soil to supply plant nutrients. Fertilizers are classified as straight, complex, or mixed based on the number of primary nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) contained. They also take various physical forms including powders, crystals, prills, granules, and briquettes. Common nitrogenous fertilizers include urea, ammonium sulfate, and sodium nitrate. Phosphatic fertilizers include super phosphate and triple super phosphate. Potassic fertilizers include potassium chloride and potassium sulfate. Fertilizer grade indicates the minimum percentage of NPK contained. Physical properties like moisture content and chemical properties determine fertilizer selection and use.

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    Fertilizer is any material added to soil to supply plant nutrients. Fertilizers are classified as straight, complex, or mixed based on the number of primary nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) contained. They also take various physical forms including powders, crystals, prills, granules, and briquettes. Common nitrogenous fertilizers include urea, ammonium sulfate, and sodium nitrate. Phosphatic fertilizers include super phosphate and triple super phosphate. Potassic fertilizers include potassium chloride and potassium sulfate. Fertilizer grade indicates the minimum percentage of NPK contained. Physical properties like moisture content and chemical properties determine fertilizer selection and use.

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    FERTILIZER

    Fertilizer is any material of natural or synthetic origin added to the soil to supply one or more plant
    nutrients.

    CLASSIFICATION OF FERTILISERS

    Fertilisers

    1. Straight fertilizers: Straight fertilizers are those which supply only one primary plant nutrient, namely
    nitrogen or phosphorus or potassium.
    eg. Urea, ammonium sulphate, potassium chloride and potassium sulphate.

    2. Complex fertilizers: Complex fertilizers contain two or three primary plant nutrients of which two
    primary nutrients are in chemical combination. These fertilisers are usually produced in granular form.
    eg. Diammonium phosphate, nitrophosphates and ammonium phosphate.

    3. Mixed fertilizers: are physical mixtures of straight fertilisers. They contain two or three primary plant
    nutrients. Mixed fertilisers are made by thoroughly mixing the ingredients either mechanically or manually.
    Fertilisers can also be classified based on physical form:

    1. Solid
    2. Liquid fertilizers

    Fertilizer

    Solid fertilizers are in several forms viz.

    1. Powder (single superphosphate),


    2. Crystals (ammonium sulphate),
    3. Prills (urea, diammonium phosphate, superphosphate),
    4. Granules (Holland granules),
    5. Supergranules (urea supergranules) and
    6. Briquettes (urea briquettes).

    Urea prills Granulated urea Ammonium sulphate


    Liquid fertilizers:

    1. Liquid form fertilizers are applied with irrigation water or for direct application.
    2. Ease of handling, less labour requirement and possibility of mixing with herbicides have made the
    liquid fertilisers more acceptable to farmers.

    Fertilizer

    Nitrogenous fertilizer

    Ammoniacal Nitrate Ammoniacal and Amide fertilizer


    Nitrate
    1. Ammonium 1. Sodium 1. Ammonium 1. Urea
    Sulphate Nitrate Nitrate 2. Calcium
    2. Ammonium 2. Calcium 2. Calcium Cynamide
    chloride Nitrate Ammonium
    3. Anhydrous 3. Potassium Nitrate
    ammonia Nitrate 3. Ammonium
    Sulphate
    Nitrate

    Phosphatic fertilizers

    Super phosphate [Ca (H2PO4)2) Triple super phosphate:

    Potassic fertilizers ) Potassium chloride (KCI) Potassium sulphate (K2S04)

    Secondary major-nutrient fertilizers

    Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4) Calcium Chloride (CaCl2 6H2O) Sulphate Fertilizers

    Ferrous sulphate
    (FeSO4 7H2O) Manganous Sulphate ( MnSO4 7H2O)

    Mn – chelates (Mn – DTA) Fe-EDTA


    Fe-EDDPA

    Zinc sulphate
    (ZnSO4 7H2O) Zinc-oxide(ZnO) Borax (Na2B4O 10H2O) Boric acid (H3BO3)
    Copper fertilizers have been used to correct copper (Cu), deficiencies.
    Copper sulphate (CuSO4 5H2O) – 25 % Cu
    Copper sulphate (CuSO4 H2O) – 36 % Cu

    Sodium molybdate (Na2MoO42H2O) Ammonium molybdate (NH4)6Mo7O244H2O)

    Fertiliser Grade

    1. Fertiliser grade refers to the guaranteed minimum percentage of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P)
    and potash (K) contained in fertiliser material.
    2. The numbers representing the grade are separated by hyphens and are always stated in the
    sequence of N, P, and

    For example, label on the fertilizer bag with a grade 28-28-0 indicates that 100 kg of fertiliser material
    contains 28 kg of N, 28 kg of P and no potash.

    1. Different grades of fertilisers are available in India.

    Some of them are:


    28-28-0
    20-20-0
    14-35-14
    17-17-17
    14-28-14 etc.

    FERTILIZERRATIO

    It refers to the ratio of the percentage of N, P2O5 and K2O in the fertilizer mixture e.g., the fertilizer grade
    12-6-6 has a fertilizer ratio of 2:1:1.

    Physical properties of fertilizers:


    Physical properties of fertilizers have bearing on bagging storage, transportation, handling, and
    application. They are properties include – hygroscopic nature, free moisture content, particle
    size, melting point, solubility, specific gravity, segregation, granule hardness, angle of response,
    drillability etc.,
    Chemical properties of fertilizers:
    Chemical properties include the nature and amount of nutrients present, associated elements,
    their chemical reaction, and salt index. These make a basis for their selection by the cultivators
    so that they may achieve highest productivity with least damage to soil fertility and least unit
    cost of fertilizers.

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