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Agriculture · Q769

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 769

Q769

Which one of the following will perform very poor as a source of N fertilizer under waterlogged rice field

A.
Ammonium nitrate
Answer
B.
Urea
C.
Ammonium chloride
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Ammonium nitrate will perform very poorly as a source of N fertilizer under a water-logged rice field. Ammonium nitrate is a popular fertilizer with 34% of nitrogen.
The most suitable Nitrogenous fertilizer for submerged Rice fields is ammonium sulphate. It has 21% of N content.