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Ammonia losses estimated by an open collector from urea applied to sugarcane straw

Eduardo Mariano, Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin, Michele Xavier Vieira, José Marcos Leite, Rafael Otto, Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco

01/Apr/2012

The quantification of ammonia (NH3) losses from sugarcane straw fertilized with urea can be performed with collectors that recover the NH3 in acid-treated absorbers. Thus, the use of an open NH3 collector with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-wrapped absorber is an interesting option since its cost is low, handling easy and microclimatic conditions irrelevant. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of an open collector for quantifying NH3-N volatilized from urea applied over the sugarcane straw. The experiment was […]