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Subsurface-Applied Coated Nitrogen Fertilizer Enhanced Wheat Production by Improving Nutrient-Use Efficiency with Less Ammonia Volatilization
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Yaseen, Muhammad Ahmad, Adeel Naveed, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Asif Shah, Syed Shahid Hussain Hasnain, Muhammad Ali, Hayssam M. Siddiqui, Manzer H. Salem, Mohamed Z. M. Mustafa, Adnan |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| 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. |
| Starting Page | 2396 |
| e-ISSN | 20734395 |
| DOI | 10.3390/agronomy11122396 |
| Journal | Agronomy |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-11-25 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Agronomy Agricultural Engineering N Fertilizer Subsurface Application of N Surface Application of N Polymer Coated Fertilizer Ammonia Volatilization Nutrient Use Efficiencies Yield of Wheat |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |