Irrigation Water and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management in Potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.): A Review
Intensive irrigation and nutrient management practices in agriculture have given rise to serious issues in aquifer water depletion and groundwater quality. This review discusses the effects of irrigation and nitrogen management practices on potato growth, yield, and quality, and their impacts on wat...
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| description | Intensive irrigation and nutrient management practices in agriculture have given rise to serious issues in aquifer water depletion and groundwater quality. This review discusses the effects of irrigation and nitrogen management practices on potato growth, yield, and quality, and their impacts on water and nitrogen use efficiencies. This review also highlights the economics and consequences of applying deficit irrigation strategies in potato production. Many researchers have demonstrated that excessive irrigation and nitrogen application rates negatively impact potato tuber yield and quality while also increasing nitrate leaching, energy consumption, and the overall costs of production. An application of light-to-moderate deficit irrigation (10–30% of full irrigation) together with reduced nitrogen rates (60–170 kg/ha) has a great potential to improve water and nitrogen use efficiencies while obtaining optimum yield and quality in potato production, depending on the climate, variety, soil type, and water availability. There is an opportunity to reduce N application rates in potato production through deficit irrigation practices by minimizing nitrate leaching beyond the crop root zone. The best irrigation and nitrogen management techniques for potato production, as discussed in this review, include using sprinkle and drip irrigation techniques, irrigation scheduling based on local crop coefficients, soil moisture content, and crop modeling techniques, applying slow-release nitrogenous fertilizers, split nitrogen application, and applying water and nitrogenous fertilizers in accordance with crop growth stage requirements. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67976b7883d7473dae3814774c34ea642023-11-19T15:21:59ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952023-10-011310256610.3390/agronomy13102566Irrigation Water and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management in Potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.): A ReviewBhimsen Shrestha0Murali Darapuneni1Blair L. Stringam2Kevin Lombard3Koffi Djaman4Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, 1780 E University Ave, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USADepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Rex E. Kirksey Agricultural Science Center at Tucumcari, 6502 Quay Road Am.5, Tucumcari, NM 88401, USADepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, 1780 E University Ave, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USADepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, Farmington, NM 87499, USADepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Agricultural Science Center at Farmington, Farmington, NM 87499, USAIntensive irrigation and nutrient management practices in agriculture have given rise to serious issues in aquifer water depletion and groundwater quality. This review discusses the effects of irrigation and nitrogen management practices on potato growth, yield, and quality, and their impacts on water and nitrogen use efficiencies. This review also highlights the economics and consequences of applying deficit irrigation strategies in potato production. Many researchers have demonstrated that excessive irrigation and nitrogen application rates negatively impact potato tuber yield and quality while also increasing nitrate leaching, energy consumption, and the overall costs of production. An application of light-to-moderate deficit irrigation (10–30% of full irrigation) together with reduced nitrogen rates (60–170 kg/ha) has a great potential to improve water and nitrogen use efficiencies while obtaining optimum yield and quality in potato production, depending on the climate, variety, soil type, and water availability. There is an opportunity to reduce N application rates in potato production through deficit irrigation practices by minimizing nitrate leaching beyond the crop root zone. The best irrigation and nitrogen management techniques for potato production, as discussed in this review, include using sprinkle and drip irrigation techniques, irrigation scheduling based on local crop coefficients, soil moisture content, and crop modeling techniques, applying slow-release nitrogenous fertilizers, split nitrogen application, and applying water and nitrogenous fertilizers in accordance with crop growth stage requirements.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/10/2566irrigationnitrogen fertilizeryieldqualitypotato |
| spellingShingle | Bhimsen Shrestha Murali Darapuneni Blair L. Stringam Kevin Lombard Koffi Djaman Irrigation Water and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management in Potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.): A Review Agronomy irrigation nitrogen fertilizer yield quality potato |
| title | Irrigation Water and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management in Potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.): A Review |
| title_full | Irrigation Water and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management in Potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.): A Review |
| title_fullStr | Irrigation Water and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management in Potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.): A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Irrigation Water and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management in Potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.): A Review |
| title_short | Irrigation Water and Nitrogen Fertilizer Management in Potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.): A Review |
| title_sort | irrigation water and nitrogen fertilizer management in potato i solanum tuberosum i l a review |
| topic | irrigation nitrogen fertilizer yield quality potato |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/10/2566 |
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