Journal article

Substituted 1,2,3-triazoles: a new class of nitrification inhibitors

BI Taggert, C Walker, D Chen, U Wille

Scientific Reports | Published : 2021

Abstract

Nitrogen (N) fertilisers amended with nitrification inhibitors can increase nitrogen use efficiencies in agricultural systems but the effectiveness of existing commercial inhibitor products, including 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP), is strongly influenced by climatic and edaphic factors. With increasing pressure to reduce the environmental impact of large-scale agriculture it is important to develop new nitrogen-stabilising products that can give reliable and consistent results, particularly for warmer climatic conditions. We synthesised a library of 17 compounds featuring a substituted 1,2,3-triazole motif and performed laboratory incubations in two south-eastern Australian soils. In..

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Grants

Awarded by Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Australian Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Australian Research Council (LP160101417 and IH200100023), the Australia-China Joint Research Centre "Healthy Soils for Sustainable Food Production and Environmental Quality" and the Australian Government (Research Training scholarship for B.I.T.). We thank Dr Thushari Wijesinghe, Assoc. Prof. Helen Suter and Dr Rui Liu for helpful discussions. Support by the Melbourne TrACEES Platform (Trace Analysis for Chemical, Earth and Environmental Sciences) and Assoc. Prof. Graham Hepworth of the Melbourne Statistics Consulting Platform is gratefully acknowledged.