Nitrogen Recovery Efficiency from Urea Treated with NSN Co-Polymer Applied to No-Till Corn
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Climatic Conditions
3.2. Ammonia Volatilization Losses
3.3. Grain Yield, N Grain Removal, and Recovery Efficiency
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Barbieri, P.A.; Sainz Rozas, H.R.; Echeverría, H.E. Nitrogen Recovery Efficiency from Urea Treated with NSN Co-Polymer Applied to No-Till Corn. Agronomy 2018, 8, 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8080154
Barbieri PA, Sainz Rozas HR, Echeverría HE. Nitrogen Recovery Efficiency from Urea Treated with NSN Co-Polymer Applied to No-Till Corn. Agronomy. 2018; 8(8):154. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8080154
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarbieri, Pablo Andrés, Hernán René Sainz Rozas, and Hernán Eduardo Echeverría. 2018. "Nitrogen Recovery Efficiency from Urea Treated with NSN Co-Polymer Applied to No-Till Corn" Agronomy 8, no. 8: 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8080154