Urease inhibitor (NBPT) and efficiency of single or split application of urea in wheat crop

Autor: Marcelo Curitiba Espindula, Valterley Soares Rocha, Moacil Alves de Souza, Marcela Campanharo, Adérico Júnior Badaró Pimentel
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Revista Ceres, Vol 61, Iss 2, Pp 276-279 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2177-3491
Popis: NBPT (N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide), a urease inhibitor, has been reported as one of the most promising compounds to maximize urea nitrogen use in agricultural systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of irrigated wheat fertilized with urea or urea + NBPT as single or split application. The experiment was conducted from June to October 2006 in Viçosa, MG, Brazil. The experimental design followed a 2×2 factorial scheme, in which urea or urea + NBPT were combined with two modes of application: full dose at sowing (60kg ha-1) or split (20kg ha-1 at sowing + 40kg ha-1 as topdressing at tillering), in randomized blocks with ten replications. The split application of nitrogen fertilization does not improve the yield wheat under used conditions. The use of urease inhibitor improves the grain yield of wheat crop when urea is applied in topdressing at tillering, but its use does not promote difference when urea is applied in the furrow at planting.
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