Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Varco, Jac J.

Committee Member

Henry, W. Brien

Committee Member

Golden, Bobby R.

Committee Member

Paz, Joel O.

Date of Degree

12-9-2016

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Agronomy

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

Abstract

Urea based fertilizers are susceptible to N losses through volatilization, denitrification, and leaching. A field and incubation experiment were conducted at Mississippi State between 2013 and 2015 to evaluate the effect of fertilizer stabilizers on grain yield, N use, and N transformations in various soil textures. Stabilizers were applied to liquid urea-ammonium-nitrate (UAN) solution (32%) and granular urea (46-0-0) at labeled rates for 179 and 112 kg N ha-1 for the field and incubation experiments, respectively. Grain yield and N content at tasseling and physiological maturity were measured for the field experiment. Extracts from the incubation experiment were measured for NH4+-N and NO3⁻-N concentrations. Results from the field experiment suggest greater plant N accumulation, but inconsistent yield increases with fertilizer stabilizers. Incubation results indicate fertilizer stabilizers significantly decrease the rate of N transformations. Further research is necessary to determine the effects of stabilizers over N rates and yearly environmental conditions.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/19499

Comments

urea||stabilizers||nitrogen

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