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The value of nitrophosphate fertilizers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. W. Cooke ,
G. E. G. Mattingly  and
F. V. Widdowson
G. W. Cooke
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts
G. E. G. Mattingly
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts
F. V. Widdowson
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts
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The phosphorus effects of several nitrophosphates were compared with those of superphosphate and dicalcium phosphate in field experiments in 1954 and 1955. In both years immediate effects were measured on radishes, and in 1954 residual effects were measured on a crop of ryegrass which was cut twice.

None of the nitrophosphates tested were more than one-third as efficient as superphosphate for radishes. The residual effects of nitrophosphate (relative to superphosphate) for grass were much larger than their corresponding immediate effects on radish; several materials were as good as superphosphate for increasing the yields of the second cut of grass. The immediate effects of nitrophosphates were much increased by preparing finely ground powders from commercial granulated products.

In both years dicalcium phosphate was equivalent to superphosphate and gave significantly higher yields of radish than any of the granulated nitro-phosphates. At the second cutting of grass in the 1954 experiment there were no significant differences between yields given by dicalcium phosphate and the nitrophosphates.

The solubilities of the phosphorus of nitrophosphates in solutions of citric acid, neutral ammonium citrate, and alkaline ammonium citrate, were of little value in estimating immediate effects of granulated products. It is suggested that physical properties of the granules affect the rate at which phosphate ions can diffuse and so complicate the interpretation of solubility tests.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , May 1958 , pp. 253 - 259
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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