Division of Agricultural Chemicals, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India.
Online published on 31 October, 2011.
Thiocarbohydrazide, a compound containing the nitrification inhibitory C=S moiety, has been found to significantly inhibit nitrification upto 28 d at 10% of N-applied as compared to urea alone. N-serve, a well-known nitrification inhibitor was however significantly superior than it at concentrations of 2% and above of the applied N. No nitrite accumulation was observed in any of the treatments. Thiocarbohydrazide is under investigation as a starting material for the preparation of more potent nitrification inhibitors.
Nitrification inhibitor, N-serve, thiocarbohydrazide, nitrapyrin
