Field comparison of traditional and slow releasing nitrogen fertilizers

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dc.contributor.author Hammes, Bradley
dc.contributor.department Agronomy
dc.date 2020-06-23T20:28:00.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-30T08:15:34Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-30T08:15:34Z
dc.date.copyright Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 2006
dc.date.issued 2006-01-01
dc.description.abstract <p>Slow release fertilizers are a possible alternative to traditional fertilizers. With growing environmental concerns slow release fertilizers are a potentially more efficient method of delivering nitrogen (N) fertilization. Slow release fertilizers have been used for high-value crops, but, only recently, new formulations have been produced and are being re-introduced into row crop production. A two-year field trial was conducted to assess the effect of a urea-formaldehyde (Nitamin) slow release fertilizer on grain and biomass yields, and the corresponding amounts of N uptake, in corn in 2004 and 2005. To accomplish this, fertilizer rates of 0, 56, 112, 168, and 224 kg N ha−1 were used of both Nitamin and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) fertilizer materials. The results obtained showed great variation between the two years of the study. In 2005 there was a significant increase in grain production when Nitamin was used as an N source. There was also a statistically significant increase in N uptake in Nitamin treated plots and a trend toward higher biomass production and N uptake in biomass in urea-formaldehyde treatments. In 2004 grain production was affected by N rate with trends favoring UAN fertilization. When all experimental data were analyzed there was a significant increase in grain production in plots receiving Nitamin fertilizer treatment.</p>
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dc.identifier.articleid 20412
dc.identifier.contextkey 18210253
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-20200622-62
dc.identifier.s3bucket isulib-bepress-aws-west
dc.identifier.submissionpath rtd/19413
dc.identifier.uri https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/73421
dc.language.iso en
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dc.subject.keywords Agronomy
dc.subject.keywords Soil science (Soil fertility)
dc.subject.keywords Soil fertility
dc.title Field comparison of traditional and slow releasing nitrogen fertilizers
dc.type article
dc.type.genre thesis
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thesis.degree.discipline Soil Science (Soil Fertility)
thesis.degree.level thesis
thesis.degree.name Master of Science
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