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dc.contributor.authorForrestal, Patrick J.*
dc.contributor.authorHarty, Mary A.*
dc.contributor.authorCarolan, Rachael*
dc.contributor.authorWatson, C. J.*
dc.contributor.authorLanigan, Gary*
dc.contributor.authorWall, David, P.*
dc.contributor.authorHennessy, Deirdre*
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Karl G.*
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-21T15:37:56Z
dc.date.issued23-03-2017
dc.identifier.citationForrestal, P. J., Harty, M. A., Carolan, R., Watson, C. J., Lanigan, G. J., Wall, D. P., Hennessy, D. and Richards, K. G. (2017), Can the agronomic performance of urea equal calcium ammonium nitrate across nitrogen rates in temperate grassland?. Soil Use Manage, 33: 243–251. doi:10.1111/sum.12341en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/1160
dc.descriptionDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, the Teagasc Walsh Fellowship Scheme
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.description.abstractIn temperate grassland, urea has been shown to have lower nitrous oxide emissions compared to ammonium nitrate-based fertilizer and is less expensive. However, nitrogen (N) loss via ammonia volatilization from urea raises questions regarding yield performance and efficiency. This study compares the yield and N offtake of grass fertilized with urea, calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) and urea treated with the urease inhibitor N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT) at six site-years. Five annual fertilizer N rates (100–500 kg N/ha) were applied in five equal splits of 20–100 kg N/ha during the growing season. On average, urea produced slightly better yields than CAN in spring (103.5% of CAN yield) and slightly poorer yields in summer (98.4% of CAN yield). There was no significant difference in annual grass yield between urea, CAN and urea + NBPT. Urea had the lowest cost per tonne of DM grass yield produced. However, the urea treatment had lower N offtake than CAN and this difference was more pronounced as the N rate increased. There was no difference in N offtake between urea + NBPT and CAN. While this study shows that urea produced yields comparable to CAN, urea apparent fertilizer N recovery (AFNR) tends to be lower. Urea selection in place of CAN will increase national ammonia emissions which is problematic for countries with targets to reduce ammonia emissions. Promisingly, NBPT allows the agronomic performance of urea to consistently equal CAN across N rates by addressing the ammonia loss limitations of urea.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland
dc.description.sponsorshipTeagasc Walsh Fellowship Programme
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marineen_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherWileyen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSoil Use and Management;vol 33
dc.subjectFertiliser Nitrogenen_GB
dc.subjectUreaen_GB
dc.subjectCalcium ammonium nitrateen_GB
dc.subjecturease inhibitoren_GB
dc.subjectNBPTen_GB
dc.subjectGrasslanden_GB
dc.subjectPastureen_GB
dc.titleCan the agronomic performance of urea equal calcium ammonium nitrate across nitrogen rates in temperate grassland?en_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sum.12341
dc.contributor.sponsorTeagasc Walsh Fellowship Programme
dc.contributor.sponsorDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland
dc.contributor.sponsorDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-09T13:36:21Z


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