Fertilisers of controlled action as a promising direction of agrochemistry

Abstract

One of the pressing problems of modern agriculture is the development and application of a new generation of preparations to reduce the volume of their consumption and to reduce their accumulation in the biosphere. Ensuring food security while maintaining environmental safety becomes an urgent and pressing problem from a theoretical point of view. The problem of modifying the fertilisers used in order to increase their efficiency has necessitated the search for new solutions. There are several categories of “smart” fertilisers, among which controlled-acting fertilisers are of particular interest precisely because of the possibility of controlling their effects. This article focuses on current trends in the field of smart fertilisers, namely controlled-acting fertilisers. Based on research by contemporary authors an attempt is made to compare different types of controlled-acting fertilisers, the advantages and disadvantages of each type of fertiliser within the framework of current views on their classification. The conclusion is made about the “points of growth” and the prospects for the development of modern controlled-release fertilisers.