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Field efficacy of urease inhibitors for mitigation of ammonia emissions in agricultural field settings: a systematic review

Dumsane Themba Matse, Dominika Król, Karl G. Richards, Martin Danaher, Enda Cummins, Xin Wang, Patrick J. Forrestal

Frontiers in Environmental Science · 2024

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Summary

Globally, ammonia (NH 3 ) is one of the key air pollutants and reducing NH 3 emissions and the associated indirect emission of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide remains challenging for the agricultural sector. During the past three decades, a number of urease inhibitors have been placed on the market with the goal of reducing NH 3 loss from urea containing fertilisers. N–(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT), N–(2-nitrophenyl) phosphoric triamide (2-NPT), a 3:1 ratio of NBPT + N-(n-propyl) thiophosphoric triamide (NPPT) and the maleic and itaconic acid co-polymer (MIP) are registered urease inhibitors under the European Commission Fertilising Products Regulation (FPR). However, the availability of several inhibitor options has raised questions from farmers, policymakers and emissions inv

Subject
Climate & greenhouse gas mitigation
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.3389/fenvs.2024.1462098
Catalogue ID
SNmpc619zr-2m19o2
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