a three-year field experiment was conducted under conditions of luvic chernozem soil. diversified nitrogen fertilization with 0, 60, 120, and 180 kg n ha-1, and microbial preparations improving soil properties were applied to potatoes, cv. ‘satina’, cultivation. n–no3 concentration in the soil profile (0–0.9 m) in autumn after potato harvesting fluctuated from 28 kg n ha-1 in the n0 treatment t...

China's economic boom in recent decades has stimulated consumer demand for animal products and consequently, a vast expansion in animal production. From 1978 to 2006, the number of animals increased by 322% for pigs, 209% for poultry, and 2770% for dairy cattle. The objective of the present study was to quantify nitrogen mass flow in China's animal production system at the national scale and to...

Trials were started in spring, summer and autumn to compare the effect of Agrotain-treated urea and standard urea, at application rates of 25, 50, 75 and 100 kg N/ha, on dairy pasture production on a commercial dairy farm in Canterbury. There were six replicates of these eight treatments, plus two control plots per replicate where no urea was applied. Each trial was mown three times at around t...

A research project was conducted to evaluate the impact of alternative citrus nitrogen and water management practices on groundwater nitrate concentrations beneath the vulnerable sandy soils in the ridge citrus region of Central Florida. Fifteen months of baseline data indicated that groundwater nitrate-nitrogen concentrations were above the Environmental Protection Agency’s Maximum Contaminant...

Th e response of diff erent fertilizer doses was studied on the ratoon crop as well as main crop. Th e diff erent fertilizer doses under the study were F1 (N=90, P2O5 = 45, K2O=50, S=13, Zn = 4: in kg ha-1), F2 (N=105, P2O5 = 55, K2O=60, S=13, Zn = 4: in kg ha-1), F3 (N=120, P2O5 = 65, K2O=70, S=13, Zn = 4: in kg ha-1), F 4(N =135, P2O5 =75, K2O=80, S=13, Zn=4: in kg ha-1) and F5 (N=150, P2O5 =...

Anhydrous ammonia has higher concentrations of nitrogen (82% N) than urea (46% N), is usually more economical, has lower labour requirements for application and is less prone to volatilisation. It has also been shown that ammonia has nematicidal properties. It would be of great benefit to the sugar industry if anhydrous ammonia could be applied as both a fertiliser and as a nematicide for the s...