Potato Trial with Agromaster in France

8.8

yield increase
Agromaster with 60% coated nitrogen with eqo.x technology can increase total yields and NUE.

Marne, France

Trail

8.8

yield increase

Key Conclusions

  • Higher total yields and ROI up by 8.8%, extra 4.9 mt/ha vs Grower Practice with Agromaster 100% N rate, and extra 1.8 mt/ha with Agromaster 80% N rate.
    Return on Investment increases with up to 343 €/ha (+7%).
  • Bigger caliber
    + 8% of caliber > 65mm and +12% of 30-55mm caliber
  • Higher NUE
    Thanks to controlled release of nitrogen, Agromaster provides higher nitrogen use efficiency with 80% N rate (by 100% – extra 34 kg of potato for each kg of N applied) and full N rate (by 163% – extra 45 kg of potato for each kg of N applied)

Objective

To evaluate the performance of Agromaster with eqo.x® release technology (33.5-0-0, 2-3M, 60% coated N) in potato, in 2 different dose rates in comparison to grower practice

Trial Details

Trial station

Marne, France

Crop

Potato

Assessments

Yield

Treatments

Trial was performed by ANTEDIS SAS with a randomized block design with 4 repetitions.

 

TreatmentProductDose rate, kg/haTotal N, kg/ha
Grower practice - full N rateCAN 27650176
Agromaster® full N rateAgromaster® 60% coated N525176
Agromaster® 80% N rateAgromaster® 60% coated N418140

Treatments

Trial was performed by ANTEDIS SAS with a randomized block design with 4 repetitions.

 

TreatmentProductDose rate, kg/haTotal N, kg/ha
Grower practice - full N rateCAN 27650176
Agromaster® full N rateAgromaster® 60% coated N525176
Agromaster® 80% N rateAgromaster® 60% coated N418140

Results

Total yield and NUE

 

 

 

Yield per caliber

 

Economic evaluation

Fertilizer
cost €/ha
Turnover
€/ha
Income
€/ha
Increase %ROI €
Grower Practice full N rate35554795123--
Agromaster® full N rate505597154667343
Agromaster® 80% N rate439567252332109

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