African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6865

Full Length Research Paper

Utilization of nitrogen (15N) from urea and green manures by rice as affected by nitrogen fertilizer rate

Freddy Sinencio Contreras Espinal
  • Freddy Sinencio Contreras Espinal
  • Dominican Institute for Agriculture, Livestock and Forest (IDIAF) - C/ Rafael Augusto Sánchez#89, Ensanche Evaristo Morales. S. Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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Edson Cabral da Silva
  • Edson Cabral da Silva
  • Universidade de São Paulo, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura. Av. Centenário, no. 303, CEP 13416-000 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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Takashi Muraoka
  • Takashi Muraoka
  • Universidade de São Paulo, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura. Av. Centenário, no. 303, CEP 13416-000 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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Vinícius Ide Franzini
  • Vinícius Ide Franzini
  • Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Caixa Postal 48, CEP 66095-100 Belém, PA, Brazil.
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Paulo César Ocheuze Trivelin
  • Paulo César Ocheuze Trivelin
  • Universidade de São Paulo, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura. Av. Centenário, no. 303, CEP 13416-000 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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Marconi Batista Teixeira
  • Marconi Batista Teixeira
  • Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Rio Verde. Rodovia Sul Goiana, Km 01, CEP 75901-970 Rio Verde, GO, Brazil.
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Karuppan Sakadevan
  • Karuppan Sakadevan
  • Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Subprogramme, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Vienna, Austria.
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  •  Received: 24 November 2015
  •  Accepted: 10 February 2016
  •  Published: 31 March 2016

How to cite this article

APA /
Espinal, F. S. C., Silva, E. C., Muraoka, T., Franzini, V. I., Trivelin, P. C. O., Teixeira, M. B. & Sakadevan, K. (2016). Utilization of nitrogen (15N) from urea and green manures by rice as affected by nitrogen fertilizer rate. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 11(13), 1171-1180.
Chicago /
Freddy Sinencio Contreras Espinal, Edson Cabral da Silva, Takashi Muraoka, Vin&icius Ide Franzini, Paulo C&esar Ocheuze Trivelin, Marconi Batista Teixeira and Karuppan Sakadevan. "Utilization of nitrogen (15N) from urea and green manures by rice as affected by nitrogen fertilizer rate." African Journal of Agricultural Research 11, no. 13 (2016): 1171-1180.
MLA /
Freddy Sinencio Contreras Espinal, et al. "Utilization of nitrogen (15N) from urea and green manures by rice as affected by nitrogen fertilizer rate." African Journal of Agricultural Research 11.13 (2016): 1171-1180.