Vikas Yadav, R.K. Pathak, Devesh Pathak, Adarsh Kumar Meena, Ashish Kumar Verma, Suneel Kumar and A.K. Baheliya
Abstract
Nutrient management and soil health are critical aspects of potato-based cropping system to ensure optimal yield, quality, and sustainability. Potato is nutrient-intensive crop, and their nutritional requirement must be carefully managed to prevent soil degradation and nutrient imbalance. An experiment on âNutrient Management and their effect on Soil Health in Potato-Based Cropping Systemâ was conducted at the Vegetable Farm of Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology during the 2019-20 seasons. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with eight treatments, varying in the application of the recommended dose of NPK (R) and NPK based on soil test (ST) for rice, potato, and bottle gourd crops. The soil had low organic carbon and nutrient levels initially. The results indicated that treatment T8, where NPK was applied based on soil tests in each crop, exhibited the highest growth and yield, while the control plot with no soil test-based nutrient application showed the lowest growth and yield.