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Application Of Urea Phosphate And Urea Sulfate To Drip-Irrigated Tomatoes Grown In Calcareous Soil, Robert Mikkelsen, Wesley Jarrell

Robert Mikkelsen

The potential benefit of acid applied through drip urrigation on soil nutrient availability, plant nutrition, and yield was studied. Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., cv. Better Boy) were grown in a P-deficient calcareous loam soil in 114-L plastic-lined cans. Phosphorus was added weekly through drip irrigation as urea phosphate (UP) (17-19-0) at four concentrations (0, 20, 40, 80 kg P/ha). Two other treatments entailed 40 kg P/ha soil-banded triple superphosphate (TSP) (0-20-0) with or without the addition of drip­ applied urea sulfate (US) (15-0-0-16). Urea sulfate was added at the rate equivalent to the titratable acidity of the 40 kg UP-P/ha …