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Nitrification inhibitors areuseful for reducing fertilizer related environmentalpollution. Use of such nitrification inhibitors as,benzotriazole, o-nitrophenol, m-nitroaniline anddicyandiamide has effectively regulated nitrification in acitronella (Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt.) fieldfertilized with urea. At 450 kg N ha-1 yr-1, there wassubstantially higher accumulation of NH+ 4-N in thesoil. Proper placement (5 cm below soil surface) offertilizers have minimized NH3 emissions even fromnitrification inhibitor treated urea plots. Thus, thenitrification inhibitors can potentially reduceenvironmental pollution connected to NO- 3 in soilwhile maintaining low NH3 gas emissions, if thefertilizer is properly placed.
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Puttanna, K., Nanje Gowda, N.M. & Prakasa Rao, E.V.S. Regulation of Nitrification by Benzotriazole, o-Nitrophenol, m-Nitroaniline and Dicyandiamide and Pattern of NH3 Emissions from Citronella Field Fertilized with Urea. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 131, 11–17 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011919007867
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