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research article

Nitrification of fertilizers: Mean winter temperature of 45°F prevalent in state's farm areas not sufficiently low to prevent substantial oxidation

authors

K. B. Tyler, University of California, Riverside.
F. E. Broadbent, University of California, Davis.
G. N. Hill, University of California, Davis.

publication information

California Agriculture 13(7):10-10. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v013n07p10. July 1959.

author affiliations

K. B. Tyler is Assistant Olericulturist, University of California, Riverside. F. E. Broadbent is Associate Professor of Soil Microbiology, University of California, Davis. G. N. Hill is Laboratory Technician, University of California, Davis.

abstract

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

The validity of the assumption–that nitrogen losses, by leaching, are small when ammonium fertilizers are applied in the fall–was tested in a series of incubation experiments.

author notes

The above progress report is based on Research Project No. 1681.