Abstract:By the methods of adsorption and soil column leaching, a laboratory simulation test was conducted to study the effects of palygorskite application on the volatilization and leaching losses of urea nitrogen in loess soil. Comparing with applying urea fertilizer alone, the addition of palygorskite could decrease the volatilization rate of soil urea N at peak time, with the ammonia volatilization loss decreased by 136%〖KG-*2〗-〖KG-*7〗150%. When the palygorskite application rate was 03 and 06 g·kg-1, the leaching rate of soil NH4+-N and NO3--N decreased, with the leaching loss of soil mineral N decreased by 137% and 136%, respectively. Applying 09 g·kg-1 of palygorskite application increased the leaching rate of soil NH4+-N and NO3--N, with the leaching loss of soil mineral N increased by 61%. Applying 03 g·kg-1 of palygorskite increased soil NH4+-N content by 020 mg·kg-1, while applying 09 g·kg-1 of palygorskite decreased soil NH4+-N content by 042 mg·kg-1. Palygorskite application increased soil NO3--N content by 124〖KG-*2〗-〖KG-*7〗252 mg·kg-1. It was concluded that the application of palygorskite could decrease the volatilization rate of urea N, and applying appropriate amounts of palygorskite could decrease the leaching loss of soil mineral N and increase the contents of soil NH4+-N and NO3--N.