Rebalancing Nutrient Application In Late-sown Potato

摘要

Common practice for cropping systems in the Gangetic Plain places a heavy reliance on soil nutrient reserves. Nutrient balances for most crops indicate significant depletion, especially for K. Potato provides one such example of a system in need of revitalization.rnThe majority (80%) of potato production occurs within the most fertile alluvial soil zones spreading from Punjab in the northwest to West Bengal in the northeast. These soils are developed on the alluvium of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers. However, soil fertility in the region has declined due to continuous intensive cropping with inadequate and unbalanced use of nutrients.