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Two field experiments were conducted to study the effect of prilled urea, neem cake coated urea, dicyandiamide treated urea and urea supergranules applied to a perennial aromatic herb, geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L. Her'.) grown on a sandy loam soil. Application of nitrogen increased the biomass and essential oil yields. Neem cake coated urea significantly increased the yields over prilled urea. There was no residual effect of N levels and N carriers. The concentration and quality of essential oil were not influenced either by levels or carriers of N.
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Rajeswara Rao, B.R., Singh, K., Bhattacharya, A.K. et al. Effect of prilled urea and modified urea materials on yield and quality of geranium (Pelargonium graveolens L. Her.). Fertilizer Research 23, 81–85 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01063334
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