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Nitrogen Use Efficiency

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Unique Expertise in Products for Nitrogen Use Efficiency

By improving nitrogen use efficiency in agriculture, growers can optimize fertilizer application, reduce environmental impacts such as nitrate leaching and greenhouse gas emissions, and enhance crop productivity and profitability.

Nitrogen stabilizers help to ensure that nitrogen is available to the crops when they need it most. This makes improved yields possible and gives growers a powerful way to protect their investments and the environment, as climate change remains one of the most pressing challenges facing the world today and agriculture is in a unique position to address it.  

Nitrogen stabilizers can not only help growers improve flexibility and efficiency with their fertilizer programs, but they are effective technologies to improve nitrogen use efficiency and contribute to climate-smart agricultural practices. BASF offers two different types of nitrogen stabilizers – urease inhibitors (Limus® Care for urea and Limus® Perform for UAN) and new nitrification inhibitors (Ampliqan® and Ampliqan® Perform). 

BASF solutions reducing nitrogen losses

Limus®: For improved nitrogen use efficiency

Nitrogen losses have to be avoided to ensure sufficient nitrogen is available to satisfy the needs of the growing plants.

Limus® is a very effective solution for the reduction of ammonia losses and for increasing nitrogen uptake by plants from urea containing fertilizers. This novel multi-patented urease inhibitor reduces nitrogen losses for volatilization of urea fertilizers, protects urea and keeps nitrogen available during critical crop growth stages.

 

The uniqueness of Limus® depends on the combination of two active ingredients with a synergistic effect – NBPT and NPPT. The two active ingredients in Limus® block the urease enzymes that are responsible for the conversion of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide. This enables Limus® to deliver optimal nitrogen availability for more consistent yields and proves to reduce nitrogen loss by as much as 98 percent. In comparison to products with only one active ingredient, Limus® shows better effectiveness.

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Benefits of Limus® — Urease Inhibitor

  • Provides higher efficiency and flexibility in growers’ nitrogen-management programs
  • Reduces ammonia emissions from urea-based fertilizers
  • Formulation’s stability and urea protection provide a longer storage time and greater transportation flexibility under a wide range of temperature and humidity conditions
  • Added protection from volatilization loss means improved nitrogen application flexibility
  • Unique mode of action from use of two active ingredients prevents urea hydrolysis and reduces ammonia formation

Introducing Ampliqan®: The new standard to enhance nitrogen use efficiency 

As a necessary part of proteins, enzymes, vitamins and organic bases, nitrogen is one of the most important plant nutrients, and is considered to be the motor of growth. When the target is maximum crop yield or high crop quality, nitrogen plays a decisive role in farming success.

With Ampliqan®, the nitrification inhibitor for all fertilizers, BASF introduced yet another groundbreaking product to the market that offers real added value for the fertilizer industry, suppliers, and farmers while simultaneously reducing environmental impact. 

Ampliqan® is a nitrification inhibitor added to fertilizers that protects nitrogen against losses due to nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions. As a result, more nitrogen is available for the plants. This results in higher yields and better quality of the harvested crops. 

Benefits of Ampliqan®

  • Stable on all N fertilizers and biologically highly effective 
  • Outstanding handling properties (ready to use under a wide temperature range, no smell, non-corrosive to metal, favorable EHS profile)
  • Fully compatible with urease inhibitors 
  • For farmers, agronomic benefits in the form of higher yields, better quality, and greater flexibility of application timing, leading to labor-related economic advantages 
  • Lower N losses providing numerous benefits to the environment, including significantly reduced nitrate leaching and lower nitrous oxide greenhouse gas emissions vs untreated fertilizer 
  • High storage stability of fertilizers treated with Ampliqan® 

Ampliqan® Perform: Coming Soon

CO2 Emissions Equivalencies Calculator
Calculate your CO2 emissions and learn how they can be reduced with fertilizers treated with BASF nitrogen stabilizers versus untreated fertilizer.  
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Services: Partners in Growth

As a close partner of the fertilizer industry, suppliers, and the agriculture sector, BASF addresses global change and the needs of the industry and sets standards time and time again. Comprehensive, in-depth expertise from different sectors, including application technology, guarantees that the special needs of customers are fulfilled to a high degree. 

In addition to developing and supplying innovative technologies to optimize nitrogen use efficiency, by choosing BASF, you are choosing to be part of:

  • A high performing portfolio and innovation pipeline​
  • Customer service to ensure smooth operations and clear agronomic positioning​
  • Compatibility and storage stability tests with customer specific fertilizer samples that can be performed to determine the optimum application rate and storage conditions​
  • Deep knowledge and broad access to key agricultural markets
  • Brand alliance partnership and marketing material​s
  • New business and partnership models​
  • Access to solutions beyond nitrogen stabilizers as part of the BASF network

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