Response of irrigated maize to urea-ammonium nitrate and ammonium thiosulphate solutions on a sulphur deficient soil |
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Authors: | P. L. Graziano G. Parente |
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Affiliation: | (1) Centro di Ecologia Teorica ed Applicata, CETA, Via Vittorio Veneto, 19-34170 GORIZIA GO, Italy;(2) Servizio Sperimentazione Agraria, ERSA, Via Sabbatini, 5-33050 POZZUOLO DEL FRIULI UD, Italy |
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Abstract: | Ammonium thiosulphate solution, (ATS, (NH4)2S2O3, 12% NH4-N and 26% S), is a nitrogen-sulphur fertiliser which can also inhibit nitrification, inhibit area hydrolysis and also solubilize micronutrients in alkaline soils. A three year field study was conducted in northeastern Italy to compare the growth, yield, and nutrient uptake of irrigated maize (Zea mays L.) fertilised with 250 kg N ha-1 urea-ammonium nitrate solution (UAN, 30-0-0) or UAN plus ATS. Dry matter (DM) yield, sulphur (S) and nitrogen (N) uptake were measured at several growth stages. Grain was measured and analyzed at maturity. Maize grain yield and N uptake were increased respectively 30.6% and 42.2% in the first year by adding ATS to UAN. Adding 10% by weight ATS to UAN (22.8 kg S ha-1) increased grain yields by 1.9, 1.7 and 1.6t ha-1 for the three years of the study. To distinguish whether the response was due to S or other ATS attributes, ATS was compared to an equivalent amount of S from single superphosphate (SSP). Plots fertilised with ATS gave grain yields 0.5 and 1.2 t ha-1 greater than plots fertilised with equal rates of S from SSP in the last two years of the study. This added yield from ATS over SSP may have been due to beneficial effects of ATS on N or micronutrient availability or to the split application of the S from ATS. |
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Keywords: | ammonium thiosulphate (ATS) maize N uptake phenological stages N-S fertilisation S deficiency |
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