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Urease Inhibitor (Agrotain?) Effects on N-Use Efficiency in No-Till Cotton Jac J. Varco1, Robert E. Earnest1, and Jimmy D. Johnson2 Plant and Soil Sciences Dept. (1) Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (2) Agrotain International, Collierville, TN INTRODUCTION Findings from a 10-y study in Miss. (Parvin et al., 2003): AN highly profitable due to high yield achieved at a lower rate of N (80 lb/acre) Subsurface banded UAN efficient, but lower profit due to lower yield Surface dribbled UAN profitable at a higher rate of N (120 lb/acre) Urea most profitable at a high rate of N (120 to 180 lb/acre) Current trends: Decreasing availability of ammonium nitrate to growers Increasing fertilizer N prices Increased acreage of no-till cotton N Fertilizer Use in MS(Nutrient short tons, 2004) Ammonium nitrate 20,089 Nitrogen solutions (UAN) 57,119 Urea 31,867 Price/lb N AN $0.448 UAN (32%) $0.328 Urea $0.364 Average N rate, MS 2005 =120 lb/ac Urea Hydrolysis OBJECTIVES Determine effects of fertilizer N source and placement on N-use-efficiency by no-till cotton Determine effects of a urease inhibitor (UI) on N-use-efficiency of urea N-sources by no-till cotton METHODS General No-till N rate 120 lb/acre, split 50% @planting and early square 15N enriched fertilizer @ ? 1.4% Varieties: ST 4892 BR (2005), DP 445 BR (2006) Urease inhibitor in Agrotain? [N-(n-butyl)] thiophosphoric triamide or NBPT Automated rainfall data collection Treatments No N check Ammonium nitrate (AN) broadcast Urea broadcast Urea w/UI broadcast UAN subsurface banded UAN dribbled UAN w/UI dribbled Randomized complete block, four replications Urea, AN, and urea treated with UI were broadcast within microplots using a pump type sprayer UAN subsurface banded, UAN dribbled, and UAN w/UI dribbled were applied 8” from drill using a 2 oz syringe Screens placed under rows to collect residues Rainfall/Fertilization 2005 Rainfall/Irrigation/Fertilization 2006 Cotton