Nitrogen Efficiency of Urea Amended With Inhibitors and Cations Applied to Rice

Urea, the major source of nitrogen (N), is subjected to extensive gaseous N losses to the atmosphere. Ammonia (NH3)volatilisation and denitrification losses are important mechanisms for N losses from urea and are causes of poor fertilizer use efficiency by lowland rice. The study was undertaken...

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Main Author: Shah, Shree Chandra
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 1994
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10339/1/FP_1994_1_A.pdf
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description Urea, the major source of nitrogen (N), is subjected to extensive gaseous N losses to the atmosphere. Ammonia (NH3)volatilisation and denitrification losses are important mechanisms for N losses from urea and are causes of poor fertilizer use efficiency by lowland rice. The study was undertaken in a series of five experiments to evaluate means of increasing the efficiency of urea-N under flooded rice soil conditions. A laboratory incubation experiment of different rice soils was conducted to study the kinetics and transformations of urea in flooded soils. A greenhouse experiment was carried out on marine and riverine alluvial soils to evaluate urea-N efficiency in direct-seeded (DS) rice and transplanted (TP) rice under similar N management practices using lSN-Iabelled urea. Two greenhouse and one field studies were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of inhibitors and cations on marine and riverine alluvial rice soils on the efficiency of urea-N using 15N recovery techniques. Urea hydrolysis followed the first-order kinetics and rate constants ranged from -0.032 to -0.076 ha-1 A lag phase existed in flooded soil conditions and it varied from 6 to 15 hours. The half-life of urea ranged from 12 to 26 hours. Urea conversion to NH4 -tN was initially rapid with about three-fourths being converted within 48 hours of incubation and total conversion completed within 108 hours.
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spelling upm.eprints-103392011-09-07T01:42:20Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10339/ Nitrogen Efficiency of Urea Amended With Inhibitors and Cations Applied to Rice Shah, Shree Chandra Urea, the major source of nitrogen (N), is subjected to extensive gaseous N losses to the atmosphere. Ammonia (NH3)volatilisation and denitrification losses are important mechanisms for N losses from urea and are causes of poor fertilizer use efficiency by lowland rice. The study was undertaken in a series of five experiments to evaluate means of increasing the efficiency of urea-N under flooded rice soil conditions. A laboratory incubation experiment of different rice soils was conducted to study the kinetics and transformations of urea in flooded soils. A greenhouse experiment was carried out on marine and riverine alluvial soils to evaluate urea-N efficiency in direct-seeded (DS) rice and transplanted (TP) rice under similar N management practices using lSN-Iabelled urea. Two greenhouse and one field studies were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of inhibitors and cations on marine and riverine alluvial rice soils on the efficiency of urea-N using 15N recovery techniques. Urea hydrolysis followed the first-order kinetics and rate constants ranged from -0.032 to -0.076 ha-1 A lag phase existed in flooded soil conditions and it varied from 6 to 15 hours. The half-life of urea ranged from 12 to 26 hours. Urea conversion to NH4 -tN was initially rapid with about three-fourths being converted within 48 hours of incubation and total conversion completed within 108 hours. 1994 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10339/1/FP_1994_1_A.pdf Shah, Shree Chandra (1994) Nitrogen Efficiency of Urea Amended With Inhibitors and Cations Applied to Rice. PhD thesis, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. Rice - Fertilizers Urea as fertilizers Nitrogen excretion English
spellingShingle Rice - Fertilizers
Urea as fertilizers
Nitrogen excretion
Shah, Shree Chandra
Nitrogen Efficiency of Urea Amended With Inhibitors and Cations Applied to Rice
title Nitrogen Efficiency of Urea Amended With Inhibitors and Cations Applied to Rice
title_full Nitrogen Efficiency of Urea Amended With Inhibitors and Cations Applied to Rice
title_fullStr Nitrogen Efficiency of Urea Amended With Inhibitors and Cations Applied to Rice
title_full_unstemmed Nitrogen Efficiency of Urea Amended With Inhibitors and Cations Applied to Rice
title_short Nitrogen Efficiency of Urea Amended With Inhibitors and Cations Applied to Rice
title_sort nitrogen efficiency of urea amended with inhibitors and cations applied to rice
topic Rice - Fertilizers
Urea as fertilizers
Nitrogen excretion
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10339/1/FP_1994_1_A.pdf
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