Deep placement and foliar fertilization of nitrogen for increased use efficiency  An overview

RAJENDRA PRASAD; Y.S. SHIVAY

doi:10.59797/ija.v61i4.4404

Authors

RAJENDRA PRASAD
Y.S. SHIVAY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v61i4.4404

Keywords:

Deep placement, Environmental pollution, Foliar application, Nitrogen-use efficiency, Urea

Abstract

Fertilizer nitrogen is the most important plant nutrient in agriculture all over the world. It accounts for about 68% of the total plant nutrients (NPK) consumed in India. About an 80% N is consumed as urea in India. Since the effi- ciency of fertilizer N is 50% or less, efforts are needed to increase it, because unutilized N is lost to atmosphere and groundwater creating pollution problems. Deep placement and foliar application of urea can significantly in- crease nitrogen-use efficiency, but adequate data on these aspects are not available and need to be created with- out further delay.

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