Role of Fertigation and Plastic Mulch in the Production Tomato Crop-A Review Thakur Omesh*, Sahu G. D., Chandrawanshi Dipika 1Department of Vegetable Science, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2Department of Horticulture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh *Email: vegscience21@gmail.com
Online published on 23 December, 2016. Abstract Drip irrigation is a highly efficient method of water application, which is also ideally suited for controlling the placement and supply rate of water-soluble fertilizers. Fertigation allows precise timing and uniform distribution of applied nutrients to meet the crop nutrient demand with ensures substantial saving in fertilizer usage. Proper fertigation management requires the knowledge of fertigation rate and nutrient uptake by the crop to ensure maximum crop productivity. So, Drip fertigation not only ensures proper utilization of irrigation water, but also is an effective way to improve the yield quality of crops. Nitrogen is the very important nutrient and the N fertilisers are being the costly input, necessary measures are to be taken to minimise the usage of the fertilisers. Mulching is the practice of covering the soil around plants to make conditions more favorable for growth, development and efficient crop production. Plastic mulch on the surface of the soil causes a change in the microclimate in its vicinity. This results in moisture conservation, less soil compaction and higher CO2 levels around plants. Hence the drip fertigation and polymulch is one of the technologies which is to be addressed off. The relevant literature available on this aspect has been briefly reviewed. ‘Literature available on fertigation and polymulch effect on Tomato. Top Keywords Fertigation and Plastic Mulch in the Production Tomato Crop-A Review. Top |