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Title: EFFECT OF VARIABLE RATE APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS ON THE NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY
EFFECT OF VARIABLE RATE APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS ON THE NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY

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Vojtech Lukas; Renata Placatova; Vitezslav Krcek; Beata Suslikova; Jakub Elbl
10.5593/sgem2023/3.1/s13.26
10.5593/sgem2023/3.1
1314-2704
978-619-7603-58-3
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•    Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE 
•    Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
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The aim of the study was to compare variable rate (VRA) and uniform (UNI) application of mineral nitrogen fertilizers in winter wheat and to evaluate the effect on the achieved yields, nitrogen balance and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). For these purposes, a field experiment with an area of 16.98 ha of winter wheat was established in 2022 at farm Agra Risuty s.r.o. (Czech Republic, EU). Variable nitrogen topdressing was realized twice during the vegetation period based on yield potential (YP) maps. The evaluation of crop yield maps showed high spatial variability of achieved yield levels within the observed field and their coincidence with the zones of YP. In the case of the UNI variant, the same N rate over all zones led to significant over-fertilization in lessproductive zones in the range of 50 - 70 kg N per ha. This was also reflected by the lower value of NUE for zones with a lower value of YP. The results of the experiment thus point to the importance of the identification of YP zones and the reduction of nitrogen doses in the areas with lower yield productivity to ensure equal nitrogen balance and high NUE.
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The study was supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic as the research project SS01020309 and by MENDELU Internal Grant Agency AF-IGA2023- IP-036.
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23rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2023, 03 - 09 July, 2023
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