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Split application of liquid urea as a tool to nitrogen loss minimization and NUE improvement of corn - A review


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Md Motasim, Ahmmed and Samsuri, Abd Wahid and Abdul-Sukor, Arina Shairah and Mohd. Amin, Adibah (2022) Split application of liquid urea as a tool to nitrogen loss minimization and NUE improvement of corn - A review. Chilean journal of agricultural research, 82 (4). 645 - 657. ISSN 0718-5839

Abstract

Nitrogen loss minimization is the main challenge to sustainable crop production and reducing environmental and economic losses. There is a new approach to urea application in liquid form (LU) so that the NH4 + can be evenly distributed throughout the soil profile, soil particles adsorb it and reduce the local substrate concentration inhibiting further transformation. Liquid urea has been hydrolyzed even prior to soil a pplication, whereas the urea in granulated urea (GU) must be hydrolyzed after application before it can be transformed to NH4 +. Increased urea application frequency with lower doses can lower the NH4 + concentration in soil compared to a single application. These mechanisms reduce the N loss potential and increase the N crop uptake potential of applied N by conforming to the proper synchronization between N availability and crop N demand as well as reduce N loss potential as NH3 volatilization, NO3 - leaching and N2O emission. The inconsistent results and clarifications from various studies highlight the importance and benefits of relating the effect of LU application on N loss minimization, N availability and corn (Zea mays L.) yield. This review summarizes the potential ways of N losses and their management and provides the scientific reference to achieve sustainable corn yield and reduce N losses.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Agriculture
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-58392022000400645
Publisher: Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias
Keywords: Corn; Liquid urea; NH3 volatilization; NO3- leaching; N2O emission; Split application; Zea mays
Depositing User: Ms. Nuraida Ibrahim
Date Deposited: 06 Nov 2023 07:14
Last Modified: 06 Nov 2023 07:14
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103272
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