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Considerable volatilisation loss of nitrogen from added urea was recorded in the Coastal saline and Madhupur red soils of Bangladesh under laboratory conditions. The loss was highly magnified by the presence of decomposable organic materials having high C/N ratios.
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Rashid, G.H. The volatilisation losses of nitrogen from added urea in some soils of Bangladesh. Plant Soil 48, 549–556 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145766
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