Split application of stabilized ammonium nitrate improved potato yield and nitrogen-use efficiency with reduced application rate in tropical sandy soils

Emerson F.C. Souza; Rogério P. Soratto; Patricio Sandaña; Rodney T. Venterea; Carl J. Rosen

doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2020.107847

Split application of stabilized ammonium nitrate improved potato yield and nitrogen-use efficiency with reduced application rate in tropical sandy soils

Emerson F.C. Souza, Rogério P. Soratto, Patricio Sandaña, Rodney T. Venterea, Carl J. Rosen

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Urea is the dominant nitrogen (N) fertilizer used for potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivation in most parts of the world. Fertilizers containing a nitrification inhibitor (NI) claim to improve performance of crops including potato. No studies to date have conducted comprehensive assessment of N sources and the effectiveness of NI under varying N rates or application timings to enhance potato yield, tuber quality or N-use efficiency (NUE) in tropical regions. Three field experiments were conducted on irrigated sandy soils in southeastern Brazil to determine whether single or split application of ammonium sulfate nitrate (ASN) with the NI 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) at reduced (75%) or recommended N rates (RNR, 100% = 160 kg ha^-1) could improve yield, quality and/or NUE of ‘Agata’ potato over conventional split-applied urea at 100% of RNR. Compared to the conventional practice, split-applied ASN + DMPP, at either 75% or 100% of RNR, increased fresh tuber yield by an average of 15% across all site-years (SYs) and reduced N surplus in SYs with greater rainfall events suggesting that reactive N losses to the environment were also reduced. With split-applied ASN + DMPP at 75% of RNR, fresh tuber yield per unit of applied N increased by 34% compared to split-applied ASN + DMPP at 100% of RNR, and by 50–75% compared to a single application of ASN + DMPP at planting. These results demonstrate a mutually beneficial opportunity, where the rate of split-applied ASN + DMPP can be reduced by 25% while at the same time increasing yields, thus resulting in agronomic, economic, and environmental benefits due to the decreased potential for off-site reactive N losses.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	107847
Journal	Field Crops Research
Volume	254
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2020.107847
State	Published - Sep 1 2020

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The authors would like to thank the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) for providing a scholarship to the first author and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for granting awards for excellence in research to the second author. We would also like to thank the potato grower (Ioshida Group) who provided the area for the experiment in Avaré-2012. Mention of trade names or commercial products in this publication is solely for providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the authors or their institutions.

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N management
N recovery
N uptake
Nitrification inhibitor
Solanum tuberosum

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Split application of stabilized ammonium nitrate improved potato yield and nitrogen-use efficiency with reduced application rate in tropical sandy soils

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