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Ammonia Volatilization from Wheat Soil Under Different Nitrogen Rates
  
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KeyWord:nitrogen fertilizer; ammonia volatilization; winter-wheat; in situ determination
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SHAN Nan Institute of Plant Nutrition and Resources, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding 071000, China 
ZHAO Tong-ke Institute of Plant Nutrition and Resources, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China 
BI Xiao-qing Institute of Plant Nutrition and Resources, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China 
AN Zhi-zhuang Institute of Plant Nutrition and Resources, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China 
ZHAO Li-ping Institute of Plant Nutrition and Resources, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China 
DU Lian-feng Institute of Plant Nutrition and Resources, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China 
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Abstract:
      Ammonia volatilization is a major pathway of nitrogen losses from soils. Here a field experiment with different nitrogen rates was set up in Fangshan district, Beijing. The nitrogen rates included N0(0 kg·hm-2), N1(50 kg·hm-2), N2(100 kg·hm-2), N3(150 kg·hm-2), N4(200 kg·hm-2), N5(250 kg·hm-2), N6(300 kg·hm-2), and N7(400 kg·hm-2). Ammonia volatilization from soil in winter wheat field was measured using in-situ measurement method. Detectable ammonia volatilization occurred 1~2 weeks after N fertilization in winter wheat field, and the peaks of ammonia volatilization happened 2~3 days after fertilization. The ammonia volatilization rates were the highest after basal fertilization and top dressing, which were 2.41 and 1.42 kg·hm-2·d-1, respectively. The amount of ammonia volatilization varied from 0.81~ 4.29 kg·hm-2 after basal fertilization, 2.20~6.91 kg·hm-2 after top dressing. Throughout the entire winter wheat growing period, ammonia volatilization was higher in high- than low-nitrogen treatments. At nitrogen rates exceeding 150 kg·hm-2, total nitrogen loss increased sharply due to elevated ammonia volatilization. In the treatment with 150 kg·N hm-2, the winter wheat yield was as high as 5 493.63 kg·hm-2, higher than that of all other nitrogen treatments. Therefore, optimizing nitrogen rates could reduce ammonia volatilization loss without decreasing wheat production. The present data show that 150 kg·hm-2 nitrogen would be optimal for better yield and less ammonia volatilization losses.