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Importance of Nutrient Use Efficiency
Sustainable Future?
Modern agricultural systems increasingly face declining soil organic matter (SOM) levels due to intensive cultivation, reduced organic inputs, and natural soil degradation processes.
As SOM declines, the biological balance within the soil microbial ecosystem shifts, altering nitrogen cycling dynamics and increasing the risk of nitrogen losses.
Traditional urea fertilisers are highly susceptible to:
- Volatilisation
- Leaching
- Denitrification
These losses reduce fertiliser efficiency, increase input costs, and contribute to environmental concerns.
The fertiliser industry has responded with various Enhanced Efficiency Fertiliser (EEF) technologies. Most EEF discussions focus on factors such as:
- Coating integrity
- Coating permeability
- Solubility rates
- Release timing
Creating Fertiliser Innovation
Launch® innovation creates a concentrated high-carbon microenvironment immediately surrounding the urea granule.
Although the broader soil profile may remain biologically degraded, the immediate zone around the granule temporarily behaves more like a healthy, carbon-rich soil system.
This localised carbon availability promotes rapid growth and activity of chemolithotroph microbial populations.
The stimulated chemolithotrophs compete directly with chemoautotrophs for available ammonium. This competitive exclusion process reduces the rapid nitrification pathway that typically converts ammonium into nitrate.
Instead of being rapidly transformed into nitrate, nitrogen becomes immobilised within microbial cells as:
- Amine compounds
- Microbial biomass nitrogen
This biological storage mechanism significantly reduces the risk of early nitrogen loss.
Product Details
Analysis
0-0-3-0 – Fertiliser Catalyst
Application
Urea and DAP Granules, UAN, Liquid Urea, Anhydrous Ammonia
Application Rates & Timing
Click below product guide
Packaging
1000L