%0 Journal Article %T Efeitos da ur¨¦ia coberta com enxofre sobre a perda de nitrog¨ºnio por lixivia£¿£¿o em um latossol roxo %A Chitolina %A Jos¨¦ Carlos %A Gl¨®ria %A Nadir Almeida Da %J Anais da Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz %D 1980 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0071-12761980000200009 %X an experiment was set out to study nitrogen losses in a latosolic b terra roxa after sulfur-coated ureua (scu) and non-coated urea were applied in three different doses and ph adjusted to 6.5 and in a natural soil ph. higher losses of nitrogen (n-nh+ + n-no-) by leaching occured at higher fertilizer doses, but scu reduced those losses through slow release of the elemenent. nitrogen leaching increased with soil ph independently of the fertilizer used; howeverm no influence of the soil ph on n liberation of scu pellet was observed. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0071-12761980000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en