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CONTROLLED RELEASE OF FERTILIZER MICROCAPSULES USING ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE POLYMER TO ENHANCE MICRONUTRIENT AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY
Authors:Jahangir Abedi-Koupai  Jaleh Varshosaz  Mahsa Mesforoosh  Amir Hossein Khoshgoftarmanesh
Institution:1. Department of Water Engineering , Isfahan University of Technology , Isfahan , Iran;2. Department of Pharmaceutics , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan , Iran
Abstract:There have as yet been no detailed studies of micronutrient release from polymer coated fertilizers (PCFs). In this research, slow release microcapsules containing iron fertilizer was made and its release pattern evaluated. Three polymers ethyl cellulose (EC), glycerol mono stearate (GMS) and Compritol 888 ATO, were mixed with avicel and lactose and the microcaopsules were made by extrusion/spheronization method. The dissolution test carried out to determine the Fe release rate versus time. The results showed that, microcaopsules containing Compritol 888 ATO, released iron ions slower than that of EC and GMS. The release rate reached 85% after 7 days. In order to reduce the release rate, these microcaopsules were coated with ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) polymer by dip coating method. It is concluded that the combination of matrix type formulation and the coating with EVA polymer caused a significant decrease in the release rate of iron.
Keywords:slow release fertilizers  ethylene vinyl acetate  polymer coated fertilizer
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