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Benefits of Ammonium Fertilizers

Ammonium Fertilizers

• Plants absorb nitrogen in the form of Ammonium (NH4+) ions or Nitrate (NO3-) ions only.
• Urea needs microbial action for being ready to be absorbed.
• Whereas ammonia directly converted into ammonium (NH4+) ions that is ready for being absorbed by plants.
• Ammonium makes a colloidal complex with soil, and prevents wastage by leaching etc., thereby huge savings on fertilizer cost.
• Agriculture Directorate Uttar Pradesh also opined that the said Ammoniacal Fertilizer may be applied to Paddy Crop.
• Ammonia (Ammonium) promotes plant growth faster than that of any other Nitrogenous Fertilizer.
• The soil bacteria convert NH3/ NH4+ to NO2-/ NO3- thus both of the species readily available to crops.
• Increased specific crop yield as compared to solid fertilizers.
  • In cabbage, tomatoes and beans anhydrous ammonia proved as effective ammonium nitrate and sodium nitrate, proving superior for beans.
  • In sugar beet, yields were on average 7.4 t/ha higher with anhydrous ammonia than that of urea.
  • In potatoes, using anhydrous ammonia increases yield compared to solid fertilisers up to 5.9 t/ha.
• Prevents leaching losses thus increase utilization factor, and reduces need of fertilizer application up to 50%.

Subsidy and Pricing of Nitrogen Fertilizer