Volatilization losses of surface-applied urea nitrogen from Vertisols in the Indian semi-arid tropics

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 345-349

  Patra, A K ^a,b   Burford, J R ^a,c   Rego, T J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N; Ammonia volatilization; Cation exchange capacity; Moisture; Nitrogen losses; pH; Urea; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

CEC; NITROGEN; PH; SEMIARID REGION; TROPICS; UREA; VERTISOL; VOLATILIZATION;

INDIA;

EID: 85047680890     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334581     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Al-Kanani T, MacKenzie AF, Fyles JW, Ghazala S, O'Halloran IP (1994) Ammonia volatilization from urea amended with lignosulfonate and phosphoroamide. Soil Sci Soc Am J 58:244-248
2. Avnimelech Y, Lahar M (1977) Ammonia volatilization from soils. Equilibrium considerations. Soil Sci Soc Am J 41:1080-1084
3. Bouwmeester RJB, Vlek PLG, Stumpe JM (1985) Effect of environmental factors on ammonia volatilization from a urea-fertilized soil. Soil Sci Soc Am J 49:376-381
4. Bremner JM (1965) Inorganic forms of nitrogen. In: Black CA, Evans DD, White JL, Ensminger LE, Clarke FE (eds) Methods of soil analysis, part 2, 2nd edn. Agron Monogr 9, Am Soc Agron, Madison, Wis, pp 1179-1232
5. Bremner JM, Mulvaney CS (1982) Total nitrogen. In: Page AI, Miller RH, Keeney DR (eds) Methods of soil analysis. Part 2, 2nd edn. Agron Monogr 9. Am Soc Agron, Madison, Wis, pp 595-624
6. Craig JR, Wollum WG II (1982) Ammonia volatilization and soil nitrogen changes after urea and ammonium nitrate fertilization of Pinus taeda L. Soil Sci Soc Am J 46:409-414
7. Day PR (1965) Particle fractionation and particle-size analysis. In: Black CA, Evans DD, White JL, Ensminger LE, Clarke FE (eds) Methods of soil analysis, Part 1. Agron 9, Am Soc Agron, Madison, Wis, pp 545-566
8. El-Swaify SA, Pathak P, Rego TJ, Singh S (1985) Soil management for optimized productivity under rainfed conditions in the semi-arid tropics. Adv Soil Sci 1:1-64
9. Ernst JW, Massey HF (1960) The effects of several factors on volatilization of ammonia formed from urea in the soil. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 24:87-90
10. Fan MX, Mackenzie AF (1993) Urea and phosphate interactions in fertilizer microsites: Ammonia volatilization and pH changes. Soil Sci Soc Am J 57:839-845
11. Fenn LB, Hossner LR (1985) Ammonia volatilization from ammonium or ammonium-forming nitrogen fertilizers. Adv Soil Sci 1:123-169
12. Fenn LB, Kissel DE (1973) Ammonia volatilization from surface applications of ammonium compounds on calcareous soils. I. General theory. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 37:855-859
13. Ferguson RB, Kissel DE (1986) Effects of soil drying on ammonia volatilization from surface applied urea. Soil Sci Soc Am J 50:485-490
14. Freney JR, Simpson, JR, Denmead OT (1983) Volatilization of ammonia. In: Freney JR, Simpson JR (eds) Gaseous loss of nitrogen from plant-soil systems. Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W Junk, The Hasue. pp 1-32
15. Hargrove WL (1988) Evaluation of ammonia volatilization in the field. J Prod Agric 1:104-111
16. Hignett TP (1979) Fertilizer manual. Reference manual. IFDC-R-1 International Fertilizer Development Center. Muscle. Shoals, Ala
17. Jackson ML (1967) Soil chemical analysis. Prentice Hall of India Pvt Ltd. New Delhi, India
18. Jayakumar GWL (1992) Urea hydrolysis in semi-arid tropical Alfisols and Vertisols. PhD thesis, APAU Hyderabad, India
19. Kanwar JS, Kampen J, Virmani SM (1978) Soil and water conservation and utilization for increased food production in the semi-arid tropics. In: Proc 11th Congr Soil Sci, Edmonton, Canada, Trans. Int Soc Soil Sci, Wageningen, 1:95-118
20. Mahendrappa MK, Ogden ED (1973) Pattern of ammonia volatilization from a forest soil. Plant and Soil 38:257-265
21. McInnes KJ, Ferguson RB, Kissel DE, Kanemasu E (1986) Field measurements of ammonia loss from surface applications of urea solutions to bare soils. Agron J 78:192-196
22. Sahrawat KL (1984) Effects of temperature and moisture on urease activity in semi-arid tropical soil. Plant and Soil 78:401-408
23. Simpson JR (1968) Losses of urea nitrogen from the surface of pasture soils. In: Proc 9th Int Congr Soil Sci, Adelaide, Australia, Trans. Int Soc Soil Sci, Wageningen, 2:459-466
24. Terman GL (1979) Volatilization losses of nitrogen as ammonia from surface-applied fertilizers, organic amendments and crop residues. Adv Agron 41:189-223
25. Vlek PLG, Stumpe JM (1978) Effect of solution chemistry and environmental conditions of ammonia volatilization losses from aqueous systems. Soil Sci Soc Am J 42:416-421
26. Walkley A, Black IA (1934) Estimation of soil organic carbon by the chromic acid titration method. Soil Sci 47:29-38
27. Whitehead DC, Raistrick N (1990) Ammonia volatilization from five nitrogen compounds used as fertilizers following surface application to soils. J Soil Sci 41:387-394
28. Xu JG, Heeraman DA, Wang Y (1993) Fertilizer and temperature effects on urea hydrolysis in undisturbed soil. Biol Fertil Soils 16:63-65