Agricultural Reviews
Year : 2008, Volume : 29, Issue : 2
First page : ( 79) Last page : ( 88)
Print ISSN : 0253-1496.

Nutritional requirements of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) – A review

Sharma SatPal, Brar J. S.

Regional Station, Punjab Agricultural University, Bathinda-151 001, India.

Abstract

Brinjal, being widely adaptable, has emerged as a remunerative crop with the advent of high yielding varieties and F₁ hybrids. In this crop both vegetative as well as reproductive phases of growth proceed simultaneously thereby, it becomes necessary to keep the plants supplied with the nutrients throughout the growing period. Scrupulous study of the available information shows that the brinjal gives variable response to the applied fertilizers under different agro-climatic conditions. Response to nutrients varies from 75 to 300 Kg nitrogen, 30 to 224 Kg phosphorus and 0 to 80 Kg potassium per hectare. Organic manures, biofertilizers and micronutrients have also been reported to improve the productivity. It has been observed that there is dire need of authentic fertilizer recommendations for high yielding Fl hybrids. This article reviews the innovations on these aspects.

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