Water soluble fertilizers in horticultural crops— An appraisal
Horticultural crops have now attained a status, parallel to not only field crops, but stake strong claim of offering nutritional security, thereby, cutting the unnecessary load on consumption of cereals. However, raising productivity of horticultural crops is still a constraint. One of the prime re...
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Horticultural crops have now attained a status, parallel to not only field crops, but stake strong claim of offering nutritional security, thereby, cutting the unnecessary load on consumption of cereals. However, raising productivity of horticultural crops is still a constraint. One of the prime reasons is the abysmal use of fertilizers, hardly 10% of total fertilizer use is diverted towards the share of horticultural crops. Of different fertilizers, liquid fertilizers are again a special class of fertilizers, hold very strong promise in protected cultivation, hydroponic/aeroponic or even open field hydroponic for perennial fruit crops. The liquid fertilizers, as special class of fertilizers provide an enormous possibility of tailoring nutrient use across critical growth stages, a pre-requisite for better nutrient-use-efficiency. Customized fertilization/fertigation is another potential reality, besides its suitability in site specific nutrient managements. In this background, these issues have been addressed in this review.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a73c6454f6042f599c250b125e3fe3b2023-07-21T11:00:42ZengIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences0019-50222394-33192016-10-01861010.56093/ijas.v86i10.62095Water soluble fertilizers in horticultural crops— An appraisalS K MALHOTRA0Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi 110 001 Horticultural crops have now attained a status, parallel to not only field crops, but stake strong claim of offering nutritional security, thereby, cutting the unnecessary load on consumption of cereals. However, raising productivity of horticultural crops is still a constraint. One of the prime reasons is the abysmal use of fertilizers, hardly 10% of total fertilizer use is diverted towards the share of horticultural crops. Of different fertilizers, liquid fertilizers are again a special class of fertilizers, hold very strong promise in protected cultivation, hydroponic/aeroponic or even open field hydroponic for perennial fruit crops. The liquid fertilizers, as special class of fertilizers provide an enormous possibility of tailoring nutrient use across critical growth stages, a pre-requisite for better nutrient-use-efficiency. Customized fertilization/fertigation is another potential reality, besides its suitability in site specific nutrient managements. In this background, these issues have been addressed in this review. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/62095Customized fertigationFertigationHorticultural cropsHydroponicsLiquid fertilizersNutrient-use-efficiency |
| spellingShingle | S K MALHOTRA Water soluble fertilizers in horticultural crops— An appraisal The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences Customized fertigation Fertigation Horticultural crops Hydroponics Liquid fertilizers Nutrient-use-efficiency |
| title | Water soluble fertilizers in horticultural crops— An appraisal |
| title_full | Water soluble fertilizers in horticultural crops— An appraisal |
| title_fullStr | Water soluble fertilizers in horticultural crops— An appraisal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water soluble fertilizers in horticultural crops— An appraisal |
| title_short | Water soluble fertilizers in horticultural crops— An appraisal |
| title_sort | water soluble fertilizers in horticultural crops an appraisal |
| topic | Customized fertigation Fertigation Horticultural crops Hydroponics Liquid fertilizers Nutrient-use-efficiency |
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