Nutrient Use Efficiency through Next Generation Fertilizers

Contents: 1. Next generation fertilizers – introduction, status and future outlook. 2. Customised fertilisers: manufacturing methodologies, guidelines and processes. 3. Nanofertilizers for enhanced nutrient use efficiency and improved crop productivity. 4. Coated and value-added fertilizers: a comprehensive review of current status and future perspectives. 5. Biochar for agricultural soil health improvement and adaptation to climate change. 6. Seaweed extracts: biostimulants for agricultural crops. 7. Enhancing nutrient use efficiency through differential formulations of fertilizers having slow release matrix. 8. Liquid biofertilizers: addresses nutrient use efficiency and crop productivity. 9. Rock phosphate: an emerging source of phosphorus for higher use efficiency in field crops. 10. Zincated fertilizers: balanced fertilizer use for food, nutrition and health security. 11. Organic fertilizers: towards higher nutrient use efficiency and enhanced soil health. 12. Nitrification inhibitors: precursor for higher nitrogen use efficiency and soil health. 13. Urease inhibitors: precursor for higher use efficiency and soil health. 14. Heavy metals restraining nutrient use efficiency in cereals and pulses. 15. Recent advances in enhancing nutrient use efficiency for higher crop productivity. 16. Smart nutrient delivery to field crops for higher use efficiency. 17. Aqua-fertilization: an easy approach for higher nutrients acquisition under arid and semi-arid ecosystem. 18. Variable rate fertilizer applicator: a precision tool for higher input use efficiency.