Open AccessNitrogen Fertilizer Sources: What Does The Future Hold for Citrus Producers?
Author(s) -
Thomas A. Obreza,
Lawrence R. Parsons,
Kelly T. Morgan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-ss457-2006
Subject(s) - fertilizer , ammonium nitrate , nitrogen fertilizer , environmental science , nitrogen , agricultural science , agricultural economics , yield (engineering) , agronomy , nutrient , agricultural engineering , economics , engineering , chemistry , biology , ecology , organic chemistry , materials science , metallurgy
Florida citrus growers are well aware that nitrogen (N) is the single most important nutrient applied as a fertilizer to assure maximum yield and fruit quality. Most growers are probably also aware of the substantial N fertilizer price increases that have occurred during the past year (Table 1). Ammonium nitrate, the workhorse N fertilizer used by citrus growers for decades, has had the greatest leap in cost. Typical questions on the minds of growers these days are: why has this happened, will it continue, and will economics force a change in the type of N fertilizer we use? This document is SL-238, one of a series of the Department of Soil and Water Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2006. SL238/SS457: Nitrogen Fertilizer Sources: What does the future hold for citrus producers? (ufl.edu)