scholarly journals Volatilization of ammonia in tropical soil with different moisture after application of polymer-coated urea

Author(s):  
Mário Miyazawa ◽  
Luciano Grillo Gil ◽  
Antonio Costa ◽  
Roberto dos Anjos Reis Júnior ◽  
Íris Tiski

Nitrogen fertilizer has a significant participation in the cost of agricultural production. It is less efficient agronomically and requires more studies to find strategies to be absorbed by crop. Polymer-coated urea is an alternative for the production of increased efficiency fertilizers. Validation of this technology should be performed for safe adoption in agriculture. The objectives of this work were to evaluate the nitrogen losses by volatilization of ammonia and the nitrogen contents in the nitric (N-NO3-) and ammoniacal (N-NH4+) forms in the tropical soil after application of urea sources. Three greenhouse experiments with different soil moisture conditions were carried out after application of urea, urea treated with NBPT and urea coated with Policote polymer as treatments. Then volatilization of ammonia, N-NO3- and N-NH4+ contents in the soil was evaluated. The volatilization of ammonia was observed after using Policote-coated urea, which was similar to urea treated with NBPT. However, both of which were lower than that observed under urea application. In dry or very humid soil, the ammonia volatilization rate was low. The reduction of the volatilization of ammonia in the soil with Policote-coated urea was related on the humidity, whereas more effective when the conditions were more propitious to the volatilization of ammonia. The Policote-coated urea increased the content of N-NH4+ in the tropical soil compared to urea. The content of N-NH4+ in the soil was higher than N-NO3- after application of fertilizers due to the low organic matter content.

1996 ◽  
Vol 1996 ◽  
pp. 41-41
Author(s):  
A.T. Adesogan ◽  
E. Owen ◽  
D.I. Givens

Estimates of the metabolisable energy (ME) content of whole crop wheat (WCW) derived using measured energy losses as methane (ELMm) are lacking due to the cost of measuring ELMm. Published ME values of WCW are largely calculated using predicted energy losses as methane (ELMp, Blaxter and Clapperton, 1965) or digestible organic matter content (DOMD) in vivo. However, there appears to be no published information about the accuracy with which DOMD in vivo or ELMp predicts the ME content of WCW. Therefore, this study assessed the validity of such ME predictions by comparing them with ME contents calculated using ELMm.


2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-370
Author(s):  
Jose V. Fernandez ◽  
D. Calvin Odero ◽  
Gregory E. MacDonald ◽  
Jason A. Ferrell ◽  
Brent A. Sellers ◽  
...  

AbstractDissipation of S-metolachlor, a soil-applied herbicide, on organic and mineral soils used for sugarcane production in Florida was evaluated using field studies in 2013 to 2016. S-metolachlor was applied PRE at 2,270 g ha−1 on organic and mineral soils with 75% and 1.6% organic matter, respectively. The rate of dissipation of S-metolachlor was rapid on mineral soils compared with organic soils. Dissipation of S-metolachlor on organic soils followed a negative linear trend resulting in half-lives (DT50) ranging from 50 to 126 d. S-metolachlor loss on organic soils was more rapid under high soil-moisture conditions than in corresponding low soil-moisture conditions. On mineral soils, dissipation of S-metolachlor followed an exponential decline. The DT50 of S-metolachlor on mineral soils ranged from 12 to 24 d. The short persistence of S-metolachlor on mineral soils was likely attributed to low organic matter content with limited adsorptive capability. The results indicate that organic matter content and soil moisture are important for persistence of S-metolachlor on organic and mineral soils used for sugarcane production in Florida.


Irriga ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Dávilla Alessandra Da Silva Alves ◽  
Isabela Seixo De Brito Louzada ◽  
Márcio Henrique Lanza ◽  
Maria Márcia Pereira Sartori ◽  
Hélio Grassi Filho

USE OF EFFLUENTS AND COMPOSTED SEWAGE SLUDGE ON THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF HEAVY METALS IN A TROPICAL SOIL     DAVILLA ALESSANDRA DA SILVA ALVES1; ISABELA SEIXO DE BRITO LOUZADA1; MARCIO HENRIQUE LANZA1; MARIA MARCIA PEREIRA SARTORI2 E HELIO GRASSI FILHO1   1 UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA), Departamento de Solos e Recursos Ambientais. Rua José Barbosa de Barros, 1780, CEP 18610-307, Botucatu, SP, Brasil. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]; 2 UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA), Departamento de Produção e Melhoramento vegetal.  Rua José Barbosa de Barros, 1780, CEP 18610-307, Botucatu, SP, Brasil. E-mail: [email protected].     ABSTRACT   The objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts of irrigation with treated effluent of domestic origin (EET) and different doses of composted sewage sludge (CSS) on soil chemical attributes and heavy metals bioavailability after five years of application. The experimental design was completely randomized, in an arrangement of subdivided plots, with ten replications. The plots contain two types of water for irrigation (EET - treated domestic  effluent and AP- potable water)  and in subplots doses of organic compound (CSS - 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250%), whose fertilizer quantities were based on the nitrogen fertilization required for the cultures, as reference. Results showed that levels of heavy metals As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, Ni, Se and Zn did not exceed the limits and the maximum permissible content in the soil. Fertilization with composted sewage sludge associated with effluent irrigation positively impacted soil chemical quality in organic matter content, pH, bases sum (SB), base saturation (V%) and CEC. Responses obtained in this study showed a direct relationship between the type of water for irrigation and doses of compound in all evaluated parameters.   Keywords: reuse, wastewater, biosolids, sustainability.     ALVES, D. A. S.1; LOUZADA, I. S. B.1; LANZA, M. H.1; SARTORI, M. M. P.2; GRASSI FILHO, H.1 UTILIZAÇÃO DE EFLUENTE E LODO DE ESGOTO COMPOSTADO NA BIODISPONIBILIDADE DE METAIS PESADOS EM UM SOLO TROPICAL     RESUMO   Objetivou-se avaliar os impactos da irrigação com o efluente de esgoto tratado (EET) e diferentes doses de lodo de esgoto compostado (CSS) nos atributos químicos do solo e na biodisponibilidade de metais pesados após cinco anos de aplicação. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado, em arranjo de parcelas subdivididas, com dez repetições. As parcelas contêm dois tipos de água para irrigação (EET - efluente doméstico tratado e AP - água potável) e nas subparcelas as doses do composto orgânico (CSS - 50, 100, 150, 200 e 250%), cujas quantidades do fertilizante foram baseadas na exigência da adubação nitrogenada para as culturas, como referência. Os resultados mostraram que os teores de metais pesados: As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, Ni, Se e Zn não ultrapassaram os limites e o teor máximo permissível no solo. A adubação com lodo de esgoto compostado associado à irrigação do efluente impactou positivamente a qualidade química do solo (teor de matéria orgânica), soma base (SB), saturação por bases (V%) e CTC. As respostas obtidas neste estudo mostraram que houve relação direta entre o tipo de água para irrigação com as doses do composto sobre todos os parâmetros avaliados.   Palavras-chave: reuso, água residuária, biossólido, sustentabilidade.


2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 1200-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Zavaschi ◽  
Letícia de Abreu Faria ◽  
Godofredo Cesar Vitti ◽  
Carlos Antonio da Costa Nascimento ◽  
Thiago Augusto de Moura ◽  
...  

A form of increasing the efficiency of N fertilizer is by coating urea with polymers to reduce ammonia volatilization. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of polymer-coated urea on the control of ammonia volatilization, yield and nutritional characteristics of maize. The experiment was carried out during one maize growing cycle in 2009/10 on a Geric Ferralsol, inUberlândia, MG, Brazil. Nitrogen fertilizers were applied as topdressing on the soil surface in the following urea treatments: polymer-coated urea at rates of 45, 67.5 and 90 kg ha-1 N and one control treatment (no N), in randomized blocks with four replications. Nitrogen application had a favorable effect on N concentrations in leaves and grains, Soil Plant Analysis Development (SPAD) chlorophyll meter readings and on grain yield, where as coated urea had no effect on the volatilization rates, SPAD readings and N leaf and grain concentration, nor on grain yield in comparison to conventional fertilization.


Author(s):  
Herman Hummel ◽  
Pim Van Avesaath ◽  
Sander Wijnhoven ◽  
Loran Kleine-Schaars ◽  
Steven Degraer ◽  
...  

Within the COST action EMBOS (European Marine Biodiversity Observatory System) the degree and variation of the diversity and densities of soft-bottom communities from the lower intertidal or the shallow subtidal was measured at 28 marine sites along the European coastline (Baltic, Atlantic, Mediterranean) using jointly agreed and harmonized protocols, tools and indicators. The hypothesis tested was that the diversity for all taxonomic groups would decrease with increasing latitude. The EMBOS system delivered accurate and comparable data on the diversity and densities of the soft sediment macrozoobenthic community over a large-scale gradient along the European coastline. In contrast to general biogeographic theory, species diversity showed no linear relationship with latitude, yet a bell-shaped relation was found. The diversity and densities of benthos were mostly positively correlated with environmental factors such as temperature, salinity, mud and organic matter content in sediment, or wave height, and related with location characteristics such as system type (lagoons, estuaries, open coast) or stratum (intertidal, subtidal). For some relationships, a maximum (e.g. temperature from 15–20°C; mud content of sediment around 40%) or bimodal curve (e.g. salinity) was found. In lagoons the densities were twice higher than in other locations, and at open coasts the diversity was much lower than in other locations. We conclude that latitudinal trends and regional differences in diversity and densities are strongly influenced by, i.e. merely the result of, particular sets and ranges of environmental factors and location characteristics specific to certain areas, such as the Baltic, with typical salinity clines (favouring insects) and the Mediterranean, with higher temperatures (favouring crustaceans). Therefore, eventual trends with latitude are primarily indirect and so can be overcome by local variation of environmental factors.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Odirley Rodrigues Campos ◽  
Edson Marcio Mattiello ◽  
Wedisson Oliveira Santos ◽  
Reinaldo Bertola Cantarutti ◽  
Rafael Coca Cuesta ◽  
...  

High N-NH3 losses are expected when conventional urea is applied to the soil surface. In order to reduce it, urea granules could be coated with different materials to decrease fertilizer dissolution rate or to stabilize N-NH4+ by acidification. In this study, we investigated the effect of a polymer-coated urea and powdered S0 added to urea, in the presence or absence of a S-oxidizing bacterium (Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans), on soil pH, SO42- availability, NH4+, and NH3 volatilization. Applying S0 before urea and the inoculation with bacteria have promoted the highest S0 oxidation rates. The greater decrease in soil pH occurred when S0 was applied before urea at a higher dose, which also decreased NH3 volatilization by 83% up to 4 days after urea application. However, the decrease in soil pH did not increase the concentration of NH4+, nor did it decrease the accumulated amount of volatilized NH3 over time. The inoculation of A. thiooxidans accelerates S0 oxidation process, but it was insufficient to counteract the H+ consumption by urea hydrolysis. Therefore, the S0 application with urea did not offer chemical protection against NH3 loss, but a physical barrier in the controlled-release urea had less dissolved urea in soil and reduced NH3 losses.


2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1685-1694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamilton Seron Pereira ◽  
Anabelisa Ferreira Leão ◽  
Adriana Verginassi ◽  
Marco Aurélio Carbone Carneiro

The aim of this study was to evaluate the N losses due to volatilization at different rates of common urea, polymer coated urea and urease inhibitor-treated urea in the out-of-season corn, using semi-open static collectors. The treatments consisted of N levels on side-dressing fertilization with urea in different treatments: (a) control (without N), (b) urea 40 kg ha-1 N, (c) urea 80 kg ha-1 N, (d) polymer coated urea 40 kg ha-1 N, (e) polymer coated urea 80 kg ha-1 N and (f) urea with the urease inhibitor (UI) N 80 kg ha-1 N. The results showed that the treatments with polymer coated urea and with urease inhibitor-treated urea reduced the volatilization of N around 50 % compared to common urea, either in the first and the second N side-dressing fertilizations. Thus, they demonstrate that the polymer coat and the urease inhibitors were effective in reducing the volatilization of urea N applied in coverage, which resulted in higher productivity. There was also increasing urease activity in the treatments with application of common urea.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (AAEBSSD) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
E. Jamuna ◽  
S. Thiruvarassan ◽  
P. Sridhar

The field experiment was conducted at Sugarcane Research Station, Cuddalore during 2010 – 2012, to evaluate the response of sugarcane variety CoC 24 to the application of bioinoculants viz., Gluconoacetobacter diazotrophicus, AM fungi and Azophos (Azospirillum and phosphobacteria), under different levels of N, P2O5 and K2O inorganic fertilizer in plant and ratoon crop. The results revealed that the application of mycorrhizae, G. diazotrophicus, Azospirillum and phosphobacteria significantly produced higher cane yield in plant crop. The application of Gluconoacetobacter diazotrophicus @10 kg + AM fungi + Azophos @10 kg + 75 % NPK recorded the maximum germination and tiller population and also maximum mean millable cane population of 1.32 lakhs /ha, cane yield (137.45 t/ha) and sugar yield (16.96 t/ha). Similar results were recorded with the ratoon crop. The population of Azospirillum and Pseudomonas are higher compared to that of Glucanoacetobacter diazotrophicus and phosphobacteria. The application of bioinoculants improves soil microbial biomass and their by enhancing soil organic matter content. The applied bacterial sources helps in nitrogen fixation and also in continuous mobilizing and solubilisation of nutrients and their persistence and colonization in soil is an added advantage and also enhances the soil fertility. The usage of these bioinoculants inturn reduces the inorganic fertilizer input and thereby reduces the cost of cultivation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bezaye Gorfu Tessema ◽  
Heiko Daniel ◽  
Zenebe Adimassu ◽  
Brian Wilson

Environmental degradation and climate change are key current threats to world agriculture and food security and human–induced changes have been significant driving forces of this global environmental change. An important component is land degradation which results in a diminished soil organic carbon (SOC) stock with concomitant loss of soil condition and function. Land management to improve soil organic matter content, condition and productivity is therefore a key strategy to safeguard agricultural production, food supply and environmental quality. Soil organic carbon sequestration through the use of plant species with high photosynthetic efficiency, deep roots and high biomass production is one important strategy to achieve this. Tropical pastures, which are adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions have particular potential in this regard and have been used extensively for land rehabilitation. Tropical pastures also have advantages over trees for biomass and carbon accumulation due to their rapid establishment, suitability for annual harvest, continual and rapid growth rates. In addition, tropical pastures have the potential for SOC storage in subsoil horizons due to their deep root systems and can be used as biomass energy crops, which could further promote their use as a climate change mitigation option. Here we aimed to review current knowledge regarding the SOC storage potential of tropical grasses worldwide and identified knowledge gaps and current research needs for the use of tropical grasses in agricultural production system.


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