Enhancing Soil Nitrogen Availability and Rice Growth by Using Urea Fertilizer Amended with Rice Straw Biochar

Urea fertilizer as a nitrogen source is used widely and globally. However, N loss through ammonia volatilization from applied urea has become a major drawback to agriculture. A pot experiment was conducted to determine the effect of rice straw biochar on (1) total N, soil exchangeable NH<sub>4...

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Main Authors: Gunavathy Selvarajh, Huck Ywih Ch’ng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Agronomy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/7/1352