UREA : A Versatile Fertilizer and Feed Additive

Contents: Preface. 1. Preamble. 2. Composition of urea. 3. Solubitity of urea. 4. Manufacture of urea. 5. Behaviour of urea in soil. 6. Foliar application. 7. Controlled/slow release urea materials. 8. Use of urea in compound fertilizers. 9. Urea phytotoxicity. 10. Urea as non-protein nitrogen (NPN) source in ruminant feeding. 11. Rumen microbiology and metabolism. 12. Endogenous urea cycle in ruminants. 13. Methods of urea feeding. 14. Factors influencing urea utilization. 15. Role of additives on urea utilization. 16. Studies on use of urea in livestock ration. References. Subject index.

Urea is most popular nitrogen fertilizer in crop production besides being a potential non-protein N supplement for ruminant. This book reveals every thing about urea in 16 chapters. The book is primarily aimed at providing comprehensive basic and applied technical information on urea as fertilizer and feed additive for livestock feeding. It would be useful to students, teachers, researchers, planners, extension workers and enlightened farmers all over the world. (jacket)