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peer-reviewed research article

Nitrogen stabilizer gives mixed results

authors

Robert W. Hagemann, Imperial County
Roland D. Meyer, Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis

publication information

California Agriculture 34(5):14-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v034n05p14. May 1980.

author affiliations

Robert W. Hagemann is Farm Advisor, Imperial County; Roland D. Meyer is Soils Specialist, Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis.

abstract

Sugarbeets responded, but wheat and bermudagrass did not, to the addition of a nitrogen stabilizer to fertilizer nitrogen.N-Serve injected into the soil with ammonia-nitrogen increased root and sucrose yields of sugar beets but failed to increase wheat grain or bermudagrass yields.