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ArticlePolymers2025

Optimizing Waterborne Polyacrylate Coating for Controlled-Release Fertilizer Using a Wurster Fluidized Bed and Its Effects on Rice Yield.

Cong Zhao, Xuefang Huang, Juanling Wang, Changwen Du

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Cong ZhaoShanxi Institute of Organic Dryland Farming, Shanxi Agricultural University and Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan 030031, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6363-0091
Xuefang HuangShanxi Institute of Organic Dryland Farming, Shanxi Agricultural University and Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan 030031, China.
Juanling WangShanxi Institute of Organic Dryland Farming, Shanxi Agricultural University and Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan 030031, China.
Changwen DuThe State Key Laboratory of Soil and Agricultural Sustainability, Institute of Soil Science Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9064-3581

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the National Agricultural Science and Technology Project NK2022180503the National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFD170060104the National Key Research and Development Project of China No. 2021YFD1901101-01the Natural Science Foundation Program of Shanxi Province, China No. 202403021222102the Science and Technology Major Project of Shanxi Province, China No. 202101140601026
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Abstract

The efficacy of coated fertilizers in enhancing nutrient use efficiency and reducing environmental impacts depends on their coating properties. This study developed three biodegradable, waterborne polyacrylate latexes (A, B, and C) as eco-friendly coatings for controlled-release fertilizers (CRFs) using the Wurster fluidized bed process. The latexes were synthesized with varying hard-to-soft monomer ratios and cross-linked with 2 wt% aziridine to investigate how monomer composition affects coating properties and nutrient release. The results showed that coating B, which had an intermediate hard-to-soft monomer ratio, demonstrated optimal properties. It exhibited the lowest swelling capacity (2.54% at 60 °C), a suitable glass transition temperature (15.34 °C), and the slowest nutrient release, with cumulative nitrogen release remaining below 60% after 11 days in water at 40 °C. In field trials, the fertilizer coated with material B produced the highest rice yield among tested domestic CRF brands. It also achieved a significant 19.1% yield increase compared to a single basal application of conventional compound fertilizer. These findings confirm that this modified latex provides an effective and environmentally friendly solvent-free coating strategy for high-performance CRFs.

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controlled release fertilizereco-friendly coatingrice actual yieldwaterborne polyacrylate

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