Effects of Enhanced Efficiency Nitrogen Fertilizers on the Agronomic and Environmental Performance of Grain Corn in Maritime Canada

The proposed project will investigate different nitrogen fertilizers in grain corn including products developed to release nitrogen more closely with when the crop demand is higher to reduce environmental impact. Results from the project will provide recommendations to growers regarding the best type, and the optimum rate and nitrogen split application timings of EENFs in grain corn, and help improve food security and the overall sustainability of the agricultural industry. The Atlantic Grains Council (AGC) works together with industry, academic, and public research institutions to address knowledge gaps that could improve the sustainability of the agricultural industry in Atlantic Canada to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. The connection between the AGC and the industry provides the intern with knowledge of what producers and other industry members would like research to focus on, which in return benefits the AGC by providing results that could benefit industry partners. The current project aims to reduce environmental impact from nitrogen fertilizers using enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilizers (EENFs) and assist in meeting the AGC’s goal of improving agricultural sustainability and improving the industry overall, and allow the AGC to provide information to the industry on the most sustainable fertilizer practices.

Faculty Supervisor:

Yunfei Jiang

Student:

Partner:

Atlantic Grains Council

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Dalhousie University

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