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JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION
Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 604-614Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2019.1568460
Keywords
control release; environmental pollution; manure densification; nitrogen use efficiency; nutrient leaching; plant nutrition; precision agriculture
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Manure urea pellets were produced and their nitrogen release rate was evaluated in soil incubation at different water contents of 90, 75, and 60% soil filed capacity (FC). In another experiment, sweet basil growth was evaluated during eight months (with three shoot harvests) under the pellet application. The nitrogen release and pellet dispersion rates were slow after two months or at lower soil water content (60% FC), but they were significant after four months of soil incubation, or at higher soil water content (75 or particularly 90% FC). Application of pelleted urea reduced plant growth and yield at first harvest than urea treatment. However, at second and particularly at third harvest (and the average of three harvests) significant improvement in growth parameters of SPAD value, leaf area, plant height, shoot fresh weight, pot yield, and` leaf N and K concentrations were achieved by application of pelleted urea fertilization.
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