Urea is a _________ fertilizer

• Nitrogenous fertilisers:
-These are prepared and applied as a source of nitrogen to the crop.
-Commonly available nitrogenous fertilisers are urea, ammonium sulphate, calcium ammonium nitrate, etc.

• Urea fertilizer:
-Urea is the most important nitrogenous fertiliser in the country because of its high N content (46% N).
-Besides its use in the crops, it is used as a cattle feed supplement to replace a part of protein requirements.
-It has also numerous industrial uses notably for production of plastics.
-Although urea often offers farmers the most nitrogen for the lowest price on the market, special steps must be taken when applying urea to the soil to prevent the loss of nitrogen through a chemical reaction.

🔴Additional Information:

• Phosphorus or phosphatic fertilisers:
-These fertilisers are the main source of phosphorus only.
-Some commercially available phosphatic fertilisers are single superphosphate, triple super phosphate, dicalcium phosphate.

• Potassic fertilisers:
-These are applied as a source of potassium.
-Commonly used potassic fertilisers are muriate of potash and potassium sulphate.