Nutrient Management Modules for Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.): Yield, Quality, Economics, Nutrient Uptake and Post-Harvest Soil Properties

M. PRUSTY; NARAYAN PANDA; A.K. DASH; N. MISHRA

doi:10.54894/JISCAR.40.1.2022.112565

Authors

M. PRUSTY Regional Research and Technology Transfer Station, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, Dhenkanal - 759 013, Odisha, India
NARAYAN PANDA Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar - 751 003, Odisha, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0388-1232
A.K. DASH Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar - 751 003, Odisha, India
N. MISHRA Regional Research and Technology Transfer Station, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, Keonjhar - 758 001, Odisha, India

https://doi.org/10.54894/JISCAR.40.1.2022.112565

Keywords:

Economics, Eggplant yield, Nutrient uptake, Post-harvest soil properties, Quality

Abstract

Integrated nutrient management (INM) practices have been recommended to farmers to boost crop productivity and improve soil properties. To test this hypothesis, a field experiment was conducted during Rabi 2015-16 and 2016-17 to study the influence of different nutrient management modules on yield, economics, quality, nutrient uptake and post-harvest soil properties in eggplant. The experiment was comprised of eight treatments replicated thrice in a randomized block design (RBD). The detailed of the treatments were T₁- Soil Test Based Fertilizer Recommendation (STBFR), T₂- N₁₀₀ + P₁₀₀, T₃- N₁₀₀ + K₁₀₀, T₄- P₁₀₀ + K₁₀₀, T₅- STBFR + Azotobacter @ 5 kg ha^-1, T₆- STBFR + PSB @ 5 kg ha^-1 , T₇ - STBFR + Azotobacter @ 4 kg ha^-1 + PSB @ 4 kg ha^-1, T₈- Control. Results indicated that application of STBFR + Azotobacter @ 4 kg ha^-1 + PSB @ 4 kg ha^-1 produced the highest fruit yield (36.10 t ha^-1) and benefit-cost ratio (3.39) which was significantly superior to other treatments. Other yield parameters like plant height (72.80 cm), number of clusters per plant (12.10), average fruit weight (44.80 g) and number of fruits per cluster (8.90) were also observed best in T₇. Integration of organics, inorganic and biofertilizers in treatment T₇ (STBFR + Azotobacter @ 4 kg ha^-1 + PSB @ 4 kg ha^-1) showed better response in quality parameters like carbohydrate content (6.93%), protein (30.43%) and ascorbic acid (3.87 mg 100 g^-1 fresh weight) in fruit. The nutrient uptake (53.79 kg N ha^-1, 10.17 kg P ha^-1 and 61.77 kg K ha^-1) and post-harvest soil nutrient status (266.17 kg N ha^-1, 15.53 kg P ha^-1and 172.73 kg K ha^-1) were also found to be highest with T₇which was superior to rest of the treatments.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Bashan, Y., Holguinm, G. and de-Bashanl, L.E. (2004). Azospiriilum- plant relationships: Physiological, molecular, agricultural and environmental advances (1997-2003). Canadian Journal of Microbiology 50: 521-577.

Batabyal, K., Mandal, B. and Hazra, G.C. (2016). Nutrient management, energy input–output, and economic analyses of eggplant production under subtropical conditions. International Journal of Vegetable Science 22(4): 409-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/19315260.2016.1141825

Bidaramali, V., Akhtar, S. and Das, A. (2020). Proximate composition and bioactive compoundsin diverse eggplant genotypes. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology 39(4): 113-121.

Chaitanya, T., Padmaja, G., Chandrasekhar, R.P. and Soumya, B. (2013). Effect of INM on uptake and yield of tomato (Lycopersican esculentum L.) and availability of nutrients in soil. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research 47(6): 480- 487.

Choudhury, M.R., Talukdar, N.C. and Saikia, A. (2005). Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and productivity of brinjal. Research on Crops 6(3): 551-554.

Havlin, J.L., Tisdale, S.L., Nelson, W.L. and Beaton, J.D. (2016). Soil Fertility and Fertilizers: An Introduction to Nutrient Management. Pearson Education India Publication, New Delhi, India.

Hedge, D.M. (1997). Nutrient Requirement of Solanaceous Vegetables Crops. Extension Bulletin 441, Food Fertilizer Technology Center, Asian and Pacific Council, Berkeley, CA.

Kadlag, A.D., Jadhav, A.B. and Bharti, R. (2007). Yield and quality of tomato fruit as influenced by biofertilizers. An Asian Journal of Soil Science 2(2): 95-99.

Khan, M.S., Shil, N.C. and Noor, S. (2008). Integrated nutrient management for sustainable yield of major vegetable crops in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Agriculture and Environment 4: 81-94.

Kiran, J., Vyakarana, B.S., Raikar, S.D., Ravikumar, G.H. and Deshpande, V.K. (2010). Seed yield and quality of brinjal as influenced by crop nutrition. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research 44(1): 1-7.

Kumar Mohan, A.B., Narase, N.C., Raviraja, G., Shetty, G. and Kartik, N.M. (2011). Effect of organic manures and inorganic fertilizers on available NPK, microbial density of the soil and nutrient uptake of brinjal. Research Journal of Agriculture Science 2(2): 304-307.

Ladha, P., Jeyaraman, S. and Prabakaran, R. (2014). Effect of microbial and chemical fertilizer on egg plant (Solanum melongena LINN.) C.Var CO-2. International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 2(4): 119-124.

Lowry, O.H., Rosebrough, N.J., Farr, A.L. and Randall, R.J. (1951). Protein measurement with the folin phenol reagent. Journal of Biological Chemistry 193(1): 265-275.

Nayak, B.R., Samant, P.K., Panigrahy, N., Mohapatra, S., Mohanty, A.K., Dash, A.K. and Panda, N. (2016). Response of different sources and doses of sulphur on growth, yield and uptake of onion (Allium cepa L.). International Journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management 7(1): 66-69.

Page, A.L., Millar, R.H. and Keeney, D.R. (1982). Methods of Soil Analysis: Part 2, Chemical and Microbiological Properties, Second edition. No. 9, American Society of Agronomy, Inc., Soil Science Society of America, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Panda, N. (2019). Soil, Plant, Water and Seed Testing - A Text Book. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi, India,.

Panda, N. and Mandal, P. (2018). Effect of foliar application of micronutrients on yield, nutrient uptake and storage quality of onion (Allium cepa L.) grown in Alfisols. Journal of the Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research 36(2): 86-91.

Panda, N., Sahoo, B. B., Mandal, P., Nayak, B. R. and Dash, D. K. (2015). Comparative efficacy of farm yard manure, poultry manure and vermicompost with and without azospirillum on soil biological properties, growth and yield of Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum L.). Environment and Ecology 34(1): 27-32.

Panse, V. G. and Sukhatme, P. V. (1985). Statistical Methods for Agricultural Workers, ICAR Publication, New Delhi, India.

Piper, C. S. (1950). Soil and Plant Analysis. University of Adelaide, Australia.

Rai, M. (1995). Catalogue on Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) Germplasms, part-I. National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India. pp 1-3.

Rajan, S. and Markose, B.L. (2002). Propagation of horticultural crops. Horticultural Science Series 6: 94.

Sadasivam, S. and Manickam, A. (1992). Biochemical Methods for Agricultural Sciences, Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi, India. pp 12-13.

Sepehya, S., Bhardwaj, S.K., Dixit, S.P. and Dhiman, S. (2012). Effect of integrated nutrient management on yield attributes, yield and NPK uptake in garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) in acid Alfisol. Journal of Food Legumes 25(3): 247-249.

Sharma, J.P., Rattan, P. and Kumar, S. (2012). Response of vegetable crops to use of integrated nutrient management practices. SABB Journal of Food and Agriculture Science 2(1): 15-19.

Shukla, Y.R., Thakur, A.K. and Joshi, A. (2009). Effect of inorganic and biofertlizers on yield and horticultural traits in tomato. Indian Journal of Horticulture 66(2): 285-287.

Singh, T.R., Singh, S., Singh, S.K. and Singh, M.P. (2004). Influence of integrated nutrient management on properties of a Mollisol under okra-pea-tomato cropping sequence. Agropedology 14(2): 92-95.

Thingujam, T., Bhattacharyya, K., Ray, K., Phonglosa, A., Pari, A., Banerjee, H., Dutta, S. and Majumdar, K. (2020). Integrated nutrient management for eggplant: Yield and quality models through artificial neural network. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 51(1): 70-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2019.1695824

Thingujam, U., Dipa, K., Rubina, K., Dipa, M. and Victor, T. (2016). Integrated nutrient management in brinjal - A review study. Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal 1(3): 555562. DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2016.01.555562

Wange, S.S. and Kale, R.H. (2004). Effect of biofertilizers under graded nitrogen levels on brinjal crop. Journal of Soils and Crops 14(1): 9-11.

Yousefi, A.A., Khavazi, K., Moezi, A.A., Rejali, F. and Nadian, H.A. (2011). Phosphate solubilizing bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi impacts on inorganic phosphorus fractions and wheat growth. World Applied Sciences Journal 15(9): 1310-1318.

Zhang, F., Cui, Z., Chen, X., Ju, X., Shen, J., Chen, Q., Liu, X., Zhang, W., Mi, G., Fan, M. and Jiiang, R. (2012). Integrated nutrient management for food security and environmental quality in China. Advances in Agronomy 116: 1-40.