Physical and chemical characteristics of seed-coating fertilizers were studied by means of determining the pH values,coating uniformity rates,coating off rates,nutrient initial-release ratios,nutrient micro-release ratios,nutrient accumulation-release curves of early and late rice seed-coating fertilizers,and observing the membrane structures of seed-coating fertilizers and the surface structures of the coated and uncoated rice seeds by SEM. Results showed that the pH values of early and late seed-coating fertilizers were 56,coating uniformity ...