abstract water and nitrogen are the main limiting factors affecting agricultural production in arid and semiarid regions. therefore, improving the efficiency of these factors is very important. the method of fertilizer application is affecting water and fertilizer use efficiency. the objective of this study was to investigate the effect of furrow fertigation on fertilizer use efficiency (fue), ...

to study the effects of simultaneous application of urea, znso4 and inoculants, (azotobacter and azospirillum), on uptake and nitrogen use efficiency in rapeseed, var. hyola308, a field experiment with split plot factorial layout based on a randomized complete block design was conducted at the research field of faculty of agricultural science, university of guilan in 2008. experimental treatmen...

Alternative N fertilizers that produce low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from soil are needed to reduce the impacts of agricultural practices on global warming potential (GWP). We quantified and compared growing season fluxes of NO, CH, and CO resulting from applications of different N fertilizer sources, urea (U), urea-ammonium nitrate (UAN), ammonium nitrate (NHNO), poultry litter, and comme...

Sugarcane production relies on the application of large amounts of nitrogen (N) fertilizer. However, application of N in excess of crop needs can lead to loss of N to the environment, which can negatively impact ecosystems. This is of particular concern in Australia where the majority of sugarcane is grown within catchments that drain directly into the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef M...

The sugarcane stalk borers, Sesamia spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) are the most destructive sugarcane insect pests in Iran. The efficiency of Telenomus busseolae Gahan (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) used alone or in combination with silicon fertilization was investigated for controlling the sugarcane stalk borers under field conditions. The treatments were: a combination of silicon plus multiple rel...