Modeling nitrogen loss due to ammonia volatilization in fertilizers applied to coffee plants

  • Leonardo de Almeida Nascimento Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Felipe Augusto Fernandes Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Adriele Aparecida Pereira Universidade Federal de Alfenas
  • Henrique José de Paula Alves Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada
  • Tales Jesus Fernandes Universidade Federal de Lavras https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-9653

Resumo

The coffee tree has a strong dependence on nitrogen (N), which influences the nutritional aspect and plant productivity. The knowledge of the nutritional behavior of coffee crops, as well as the pattern of nutrient release and loss, contribute to the appropriate crop management, influencing quality, productivity and minimizing economic losses. Therefore, the objective of this article is to select the non-linear model that best describes nitrogen losses due to ammonia (NH3) volatilization, in seven conventional and increased efficiency fertilizers, applied in three installments to coffee plants and indicate the fertilizers that presented the highest and lowest nitrogen losses due to NH3 volatilization. The data come from an experiment carried out during the 2015/2016 harvest at the Coffee Innovation Agency (INOVACAFÉ) of the Federal University of Lavras, in a randomized block design with 3 replications of 7 treatments (nitrogen fertilizers). The estimation method used was the least squares method (MMQ), with the Gauss-Newton convergence algorithm as the iterative method. As diagnostic measures to determine the best model, the adjusted coefficient of determination (R2aj), residual standard deviation (RSD), Akaike information criterion (AIC) and mean absolute deviation (MAD) were used. It was verified that all models exhibited good adjustments, however, the Brody and Logistic models stood out in describing the accumulated nitrogen losses, due to ammonia volatilization, in relation to the seven treatments applied and evaluated. It was found that ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate fertilizers presented the lowest N losses, while Prilled Urea and Urea + anionic polymer contribute the greatest losses due to the volatilization of NH3, in the three fertilizations on coffee plants.

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Publicado
2025-03-25
Como Citar
Nascimento, L. de A., Fernandes, F. A., Pereira, A. A., Alves, H. J. de P., & Fernandes, T. J. (2025). Modeling nitrogen loss due to ammonia volatilization in fertilizers applied to coffee plants. Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 47(1), e70154. https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v47i1.70154
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Biometria, Modelagem e Estatística

 

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