Ammonia volatilisation from urease inhibitor-treated urea applied to sugarcane trash blankets Volatilização de amônia a partir de uréia tratada com inibidor de urease aplicada sobre palha de cana-de-açúcar

Legal restrictions from burning sugarcane prior to harvest are causing a sharp increase in acreage which is harvested as green cane. The presence of a thick sugarcane trash mulch left after harvest makes it difficult to incorporate fertilisers in the soil. Since large losses of ammonia may occur whe...

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Main Authors: Heitor Cantarella, Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin, Teodoro Leonardo Michelucci Contin, Fábio Luis Ferreira Dias, Raffaella Rossetto, Rafael Marcelino, Renato Badran Coimbra, José Antonio Quaggio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-01-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162008000400011