Fertigation in Fruit Crops
Fertigation has the greatest potential for the efficient use of water and fertilizers. Drip irrigation facilitates maximum water and nutrient efficiency by reaching the active root zone, and thus minimizing the wetting area. Adding fertilizer to drip irrigation reduces the costs associated with irr...
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Fertigation has the greatest potential for the efficient use of water and fertilizers. Drip irrigation facilitates maximum water and nutrient efficiency by reaching the active root zone, and thus minimizing the wetting area. Adding fertilizer to drip irrigation reduces the costs associated with irrigation and fertilizer application. Additionally, fertigation minimizes the losses of nutrients through leaching. In this article, different aspects of fertigation are reviewed, including its impact on nutrient content in leaf and soil, tree growth, yield as well as quality of fruits. It clearly demonstrates the advantages and benefits of fertigation over conventional soil fertilization in terms of comparable or better tree growth, yield and fruit quality, as well as in terms of achieving considerable savings in the amount of water and fertilizer used. In fertigation, nutrient use efficiency could be as high as 90% compared to 40−60% in conventional methods.
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| spelling | doaj-art-48d2c77a4cb945699bd081e538a2d0022025-08-20T01:56:38ZengPuspa Publishing HouseInternational Journal of Economic Plants2349-47352017-08-014Aug, 3Fertigation in Fruit CropsDeepika Singh0Neelam Kumari1Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni Solan, H.P. (173 230), IndiaDr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni Solan, H.P. (173 230), India Fertigation has the greatest potential for the efficient use of water and fertilizers. Drip irrigation facilitates maximum water and nutrient efficiency by reaching the active root zone, and thus minimizing the wetting area. Adding fertilizer to drip irrigation reduces the costs associated with irrigation and fertilizer application. Additionally, fertigation minimizes the losses of nutrients through leaching. In this article, different aspects of fertigation are reviewed, including its impact on nutrient content in leaf and soil, tree growth, yield as well as quality of fruits. It clearly demonstrates the advantages and benefits of fertigation over conventional soil fertilization in terms of comparable or better tree growth, yield and fruit quality, as well as in terms of achieving considerable savings in the amount of water and fertilizer used. In fertigation, nutrient use efficiency could be as high as 90% compared to 40−60% in conventional methods. https://ojs.pphouse.org/index.php/IJEP/article/view/4517Fertigation, fertilization, fruit quality, nutrient use efficiency, tree growth, yield |
| spellingShingle | Deepika Singh Neelam Kumari Fertigation in Fruit Crops International Journal of Economic Plants Fertigation, fertilization, fruit quality, nutrient use efficiency, tree growth, yield |
| title | Fertigation in Fruit Crops |
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| topic | Fertigation, fertilization, fruit quality, nutrient use efficiency, tree growth, yield |
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