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DOI:10.2134/ael2018.04.0019
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Author(s):Schlossberg, M. J.; McGraw, B. A.; Sebring, R. L.
Author Affiliation:Center for Turfgrass Science, Dep. of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
Title:Ammonia volatilization from putting greens foliarly fertilized by conventional or stabilized urea
Source:Agricultural and Environmental Letters. Vol. 3, No. 1, 2018, p. 1-5.
Publishing Information:Madison, Wisconsin: American Society of Agronomy; Crop Science Society of America; Soil Science Society of America
# of Pages:5
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Ammonia volatilization; Fertilizer efficacy; Foliar feeding; Golf greens; Nitrogen level; Urea
Abstract/Contents:"Low cost, high N content, and favorable handling characteristics of urea fertilizer (4600) make its use common in turfgrass management. While many investigations confirm incomplete recovery of foliarly applied urea-N by turfgrass putting greens, the efficacy of urease-inhibiting additives, calcium-maleic-itaconic polymer or N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT), in preventing NH3 volatilization is currently undocumented. Furthermore, NH3 emissions reduce air and water quality. From 2014 to 2015, NH3 volatilization was measured 0 to 24 h following foliar application of conventional or stabilized urea fertilizers to Penn G2 creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) putting greens at a 20 kg ha-1 N rate in four separate trials. Using a 63% trapping-efficiency flux chamber system under the duration and conditions described, 11.1% of conventional or calcium-maleic-itaconic polymeramended urea-N was lost as NH3. Alternatively, combined amendment by NBPT and dicyandiamide (DCD) prevented 1.3 to 1.4 kg ha-1 NH3-N emissions, reducing volatilization loss to only 3.8 to 4.6% of the foliarly applied urea-N."
Language:English
References:39
See Also:See also interpretive summary "Urease inhibitor reduces ammonia volatilization from urea-fertilized putting greens" CSA News, 63(12) December 2018, p. 10, R=303530. R=303530
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Schlossberg, M. J., B. A. McGraw, and R. L. Sebring. 2018. Ammonia volatilization from putting greens foliarly fertilized by conventional or stabilized urea. Agricultural and Environmental Letters. 3(1):p. 1-5.
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DOI: 10.2134/ael2018.04.0019
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