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Title: | Soil fertility and nutrient management in tropical tuber crops––An overview |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | K. SUSAN JOHN1, JAMES GEORGE2, S.U. SHANIDA BEEGUM3 AND Y.S. SHIVAY4 |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf |
Author's Affiliated institute: | ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Indian Agricultural Research Institute |
Published/ Complete Date: | 2016-09-01 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | Cyanogenic glucosides, Elephant foot yam, Starch, Sweet potato, Taro, Tannia, Yams, Yam bean |
Publisher: | Indian Society of Agronomy |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available; |
Abstract/Description: | Tuber crops are the most important land-grown food crops after cereals and grain legumes. They are either the staple or subsidiary food for about one-fifth of the human population, mostly in the developing countries of the tropics. Tropical tuber crops like cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz.), sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.], yams (Discorea spp.), aroids and minor tubers deserve special recognition owing to their higher biological efficiency (250 kcal/ha/day), ability to sustain under marginal environmental conditions, less incidence of insect-pests and diseases, high starch content (15–35%) and their excellent physico-chemical and biochemical properties in the preparation of several value-added products. Though tuber crops especially cassava grow under marginally fertile soil conditions, our experience under a long-term fertilizer experiment revealed their very high and positive response to manures and fertilizers. This review encompasses the research work undertaken in the soil fertility and nutrient management of tropical tuber crops covering aspects on nutrient uptake/ utilization, fertilizer-cummanurial recommendations, critical nutrient concentrations, nutritional disorders, and their correction |
Description: | Not Available |
ISSN: | 0537-197X |
Type(s) of content: | Article |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Indian Journal of Agronomy |
NAAS Rating: | 5.55 |
Volume No.: | 61(3) |
Page Number: | 263-273 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | Not Available |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/52868 |
Appears in Collections: | HS-CTCRI-Publication |
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