Ammonia volatilization from ammonium nitrate, urea and urea phosphate fertilizers applied to alkaline soils

The volatilization of ammonia following applications of urea fertilizers to soils may release significant amounts of N into the atmosphere and reduce the plant available N. This study compared ammonia loss from urea phosphate (170 g N kg−1, 190 g N kg−1), cogranulated urea-urea phosphate (340 g N kg−1, 73 g P kg−1), urea (460 g N kg−1) and ammonium nitrate (350 g N kg−1) granular fertilizers applied to the soil surface at 60, 120 and 200 mg N...