A considerable reduction of 20% the N fertilizer applied was achieved
| Crop/cultivar | Carrot (open field) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country / location | Israel / Kibbutz Nirim / January 2006 – June 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Objectives | The effect of Haifa coated N products in varies coated/uncoated quantities, on open field carrot’s total yield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Haifa product tested | Multicote Agri 43-0-0 (70-0-0% coated; 3-4M release longevity) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Application method | Base Dressing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tested treatments | Control: 200 kg/ha of N, as “Uran” – liquid fertilizer 32-0-0 Multicote Agri I 200 kg/ha of Multicote Agri 43-0-0 (70-0-0% coated; 3-4M (100% of the commercial N application) Multicote Agri II 160 kg/ha of Multicote Agri 43-0-0 (70-0-0% coated; 3-4M (80% of the commercial N application) Multicote Agri III 120 kg/ha of Multicote Agri 43-0-0 (70-0-0% coated; 3-4M (60% of the commercial N application) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Control treatment results |
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| Conclusions | Multicote Agri is much more efficient and effective than current liquid fertilizer applied, resulted in 6 mT / ha, with a considerable reduction of 20% of the N fertilizer applied A 40% reduction yielded 3 mT / ha. Both Multicote Agri treatments (80%, 60% of the grower’s practice) are more economically profitable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reference | Oren N. – Grower, Soffer Y. – Haifa’s agronomist |
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