Subsurface-Applied Coated Nitrogen Fertilizer Enhanced Wheat Production by Improving Nutrient-Use Efficiency with Less Ammonia Volatilization
Nitrogen (N) is an essential plant nutrient, therefore, N-deficient soils affect plant growth and development. The excessive and unwise application of N fertilizers result in nutrient losses and lower nutrient use efficiency that leads to the low crop productivity. Ammonia volatilization causes a ma...
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| author | Muhammad Yaseen Adeel Ahmad Muhammad Naveed Muhammad Asif Ali Syed Shahid Hussain Shah Muhammad Hasnain Hayssam M. Ali Manzer H. Siddiqui Mohamed Z. M. Salem Adnan Mustafa |
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| description | Nitrogen (N) is an essential plant nutrient, therefore, N-deficient soils affect plant growth and development. The excessive and unwise application of N fertilizers result in nutrient losses and lower nutrient use efficiency that leads to the low crop productivity. Ammonia volatilization causes a major loss after N fertilization that causes environmental pollution. This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of coating and uncoating N fertilizer in enhancing yield and nutrient-use efficiency with reduced ammonia emissions. The recommended rate of nitrogen and phosphorus, urea and di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizers were coated manually with 1% polymer solution. DAP (coated/uncoated) and potassium were applied at the time of sowing as subsurface application. While urea (coated/uncoated) was applied as surface and subsurface application. Results showed that nutrient use efficiencies of wheat were found to be maximum with the subsurface application of coated N fertilizer which increased nutrient-use efficiency by 44.57 (N), 44.56 (P) and 44.53% (K) higher than the surface application of uncoated N fertilizer. Ammonia emissions were found the lowest with subsurface-applied coated N fertilizer. Thus, coated fertilizer applied via subsurface was found the best technique to overcome the ammonia volatilization with an improvement in the yield and nutrient-use efficiency of wheat. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75d70b47d0094547a1111fb0e7f273eb2023-11-23T03:21:12ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952021-11-011112239610.3390/agronomy11122396Subsurface-Applied Coated Nitrogen Fertilizer Enhanced Wheat Production by Improving Nutrient-Use Efficiency with Less Ammonia VolatilizationMuhammad Yaseen0Adeel Ahmad1Muhammad Naveed2Muhammad Asif Ali3Syed Shahid Hussain Shah4Muhammad Hasnain5Hayssam M. Ali6Manzer H. Siddiqui7Mohamed Z. M. Salem8Adnan Mustafa9Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanInstitute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanInstitute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanEngro Fertilizers Limited, The Harbor Front Building, HC-3, Marine Drive, Block-4, Clifton, Karachi 75600, PakistanEngro Fertilizers Limited, The Harbor Front Building, HC-3, Marine Drive, Block-4, Clifton, Karachi 75600, PakistanEngro Fertilizers Limited, The Harbor Front Building, HC-3, Marine Drive, Block-4, Clifton, Karachi 75600, PakistanDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 2455, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 2455, Saudi ArabiaForestry and Wood Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby), Alexandria University, Alexandria 21545, EgyptBiology Center CAS, SoWa RI, Na Sadkach 7, 370-05 České Budějovice, Czech RepublicNitrogen (N) is an essential plant nutrient, therefore, N-deficient soils affect plant growth and development. The excessive and unwise application of N fertilizers result in nutrient losses and lower nutrient use efficiency that leads to the low crop productivity. Ammonia volatilization causes a major loss after N fertilization that causes environmental pollution. This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of coating and uncoating N fertilizer in enhancing yield and nutrient-use efficiency with reduced ammonia emissions. The recommended rate of nitrogen and phosphorus, urea and di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizers were coated manually with 1% polymer solution. DAP (coated/uncoated) and potassium were applied at the time of sowing as subsurface application. While urea (coated/uncoated) was applied as surface and subsurface application. Results showed that nutrient use efficiencies of wheat were found to be maximum with the subsurface application of coated N fertilizer which increased nutrient-use efficiency by 44.57 (N), 44.56 (P) and 44.53% (K) higher than the surface application of uncoated N fertilizer. Ammonia emissions were found the lowest with subsurface-applied coated N fertilizer. Thus, coated fertilizer applied via subsurface was found the best technique to overcome the ammonia volatilization with an improvement in the yield and nutrient-use efficiency of wheat.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/12/2396N fertilizersubsurface application of Nsurface application of Npolymer coated fertilizerammonia volatilizationnutrient use efficiencies |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Yaseen Adeel Ahmad Muhammad Naveed Muhammad Asif Ali Syed Shahid Hussain Shah Muhammad Hasnain Hayssam M. Ali Manzer H. Siddiqui Mohamed Z. M. Salem Adnan Mustafa Subsurface-Applied Coated Nitrogen Fertilizer Enhanced Wheat Production by Improving Nutrient-Use Efficiency with Less Ammonia Volatilization Agronomy N fertilizer subsurface application of N surface application of N polymer coated fertilizer ammonia volatilization nutrient use efficiencies |
| title | Subsurface-Applied Coated Nitrogen Fertilizer Enhanced Wheat Production by Improving Nutrient-Use Efficiency with Less Ammonia Volatilization |
| title_full | Subsurface-Applied Coated Nitrogen Fertilizer Enhanced Wheat Production by Improving Nutrient-Use Efficiency with Less Ammonia Volatilization |
| title_fullStr | Subsurface-Applied Coated Nitrogen Fertilizer Enhanced Wheat Production by Improving Nutrient-Use Efficiency with Less Ammonia Volatilization |
| title_full_unstemmed | Subsurface-Applied Coated Nitrogen Fertilizer Enhanced Wheat Production by Improving Nutrient-Use Efficiency with Less Ammonia Volatilization |
| title_short | Subsurface-Applied Coated Nitrogen Fertilizer Enhanced Wheat Production by Improving Nutrient-Use Efficiency with Less Ammonia Volatilization |
| title_sort | subsurface applied coated nitrogen fertilizer enhanced wheat production by improving nutrient use efficiency with less ammonia volatilization |
| topic | N fertilizer subsurface application of N surface application of N polymer coated fertilizer ammonia volatilization nutrient use efficiencies |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/12/2396 |
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