Field comparison of traditional and slow releasing nitrogen fertilizers

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2006-01-01
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Hammes, Bradley
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Agronomy

The Department of Agronomy seeks to teach the study of the farm-field, its crops, and its science and management. It originally consisted of three sub-departments to do this: Soils, Farm-Crops, and Agricultural Engineering (which became its own department in 1907). Today, the department teaches crop sciences and breeding, soil sciences, meteorology, agroecology, and biotechnology.

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The Department of Agronomy was formed in 1902. From 1917 to 1935 it was known as the Department of Farm Crops and Soils.

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1902–present

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  • Department of Farm Crops and Soils (1917–1935)

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Slow release fertilizers are a possible alternative to traditional fertilizers. With growing environmental concerns slow release fertilizers are a potentially more efficient method of delivering nitrogen (N) fertilization. Slow release fertilizers have been used for high-value crops, but, only recently, new formulations have been produced and are being re-introduced into row crop production. A two-year field trial was conducted to assess the effect of a urea-formaldehyde (Nitamin) slow release fertilizer on grain and biomass yields, and the corresponding amounts of N uptake, in corn in 2004 and 2005. To accomplish this, fertilizer rates of 0, 56, 112, 168, and 224 kg N ha−1 were used of both Nitamin and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) fertilizer materials. The results obtained showed great variation between the two years of the study. In 2005 there was a significant increase in grain production when Nitamin was used as an N source. There was also a statistically significant increase in N uptake in Nitamin treated plots and a trend toward higher biomass production and N uptake in biomass in urea-formaldehyde treatments. In 2004 grain production was affected by N rate with trends favoring UAN fertilization. When all experimental data were analyzed there was a significant increase in grain production in plots receiving Nitamin fertilizer treatment.

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