A comparison of urea with sulphate of ammonia as a nitrogen source for sugar cane

Code (CO)	MSI99P1047
Author (AU)	Parish, D. H. Feillafé, S. M.
Title - English (ET)	A comparison of urea with sulphate of ammonia as a nitrogen source for sugar cane
Document Type(DT)	Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)	1960
Series (SE)	Trop. Agric. (Trinidad)
Source (SO)	37: 223-225
Language of text (LT)	En
Abstract (AB)	Field experiments carried out in Mauritius have shown that urea is not as efficient as ammonium sulphate in supplying nitrogen to sugar-cane. Possible reasons for this poor performance of urea are suggested.
Descriptors - English (DE)	SUGARCANE UREA NITROGEN AMMONIUM SULPHATE PLANT NUTRITION FERTILIZERS
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS
Sort Key 1(K1)	Sugarcane: Soils and plant nutrition
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Fertilization: Nitrogen
Date record entered (DA)	1992-07-07
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Affiliation (AF)	Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	CAT
MSIRI Staff (MS)	CHEM