Effect of Drip Fertigation on Yield, Water Use Efficiency, and Nutrients Availability in Banana in West Bengal, India

Pramanik, Sanjit; Lai, Sonamuni; Ray, R.; Patra, S. K.

doi:10.1080/00103624.2016.1206560

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“…In comparison with manual fertilization and surface irrigation, drip fertigation in tomato increases the N and K content by 45.6% and 45.3%, respectively [ 23 ]. In comparison with chemical fertilizers to soil, water and fertilizer coupling promotes soil fertility, in which drip fertigation is much better than pour fertilization [ 22 , 24 ]. Sufficient nutrition from DF accelerates plant growth in terms of the trunk diameter and dry matter [ 25 ].…”

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Effects of Fertilization Approaches on Plant Development and Fertilizer Use of Citrus

Chen

et al. 2022

Plants

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Fertilization is an important part of citrus crop management. However, limited details are available about the fertilization approach on citrus plant development. A pot experiment for the fertilization approaches and fertigation levels were conducted in this study. Four fertilization approaches, namely, drip fertigation (DF), broadcast fertilization (CK+), hole fertilization (HF) and pour fertilization (PF) were tested. The fertigation level treatment included 100% (DF-337.5), 80% (DF-270), 60% (DF-202.5) and 40% (DF-135) fertilizer supply with DF, and the 100% fertilizer supply with broadcast fertilization were served as control (CK). The results showed that DF not only increased the absorptions of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) but also promoted citrus plant height, stem diameter and dry weight. In fruit quality, DF had the highest fruit total soluble solid (TSS) and titratable acidity (TA) contents. For fertilizer loss, DF had the lowest N and K leaching losses of 9.26% and 4.05%, respectively, and the lowest N and K runoff losses among the approaches. Isotopic tracing with 15N indicated that DF had the highest fertilizer use efficiency. Based on the analysis of fertigation levels, DF approach with 60% fertilizer reduction could improve citrus plant development. Therefore, DF promoted citrus plant growth and fruit quality by accelerating fertilizer utilization and impairing fertilizer loss. The fertilizer amount in citrus production could be reduced significantly using DF.

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Effects of Fertilization Approaches on Plant Development and Fertilizer Use of Citrus

Chen

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Plants

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“…In the case of composting, a positive impact on adaptation may result because of the low cost of inputs such as plant materials and animal manures, which are naturally produced in the plantation, and the contribution of this measure to increase banana yields (Bekunda and Woomer 1996 ; Ouédraogo 2001 ). Similarly, nutrient management practices may contribute to farm adaptation by reducing the use of chemical fertilizers (lowering production costs) without compromising yields (Israeli et al 1985 ; Lobell 2007 ; Wairegi and van Asten 2010 ; Keshavan et al 2011 ; Pramanik et al 2016 ). Although they apply a different approach to determining climate change adaptation in their study (i.e., a multi-criteria analysis called PROMETHEE II), Nigussie et al ( 2018 ) reported that interventions addressing soil and land management such as crop rotation and composting were the most important for farm adaptation in the Upper Blue-Nile basin in Ethiopia.…”

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Prioritizing farm management interventions to improve climate change adaptation and mitigation outcomes—a case study for banana plantations

Fernández

Luedeling

et al. 2022

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Intervening into agricultural systems necessarily includes risks, uncertainties, and ultimately unknown outcomes. Decision analysis embraces uncertainty through an interdisciplinary approach that involves relevant stakeholders in evaluating complex decisions. We applied decision analysis approaches to prioritize 21 farm management interventions, which could be considered in certification schemes for banana production. We estimated their contribution to climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as ecological outcomes. We used a general model that estimated the impacts of each intervention on adaptation (benefits minus costs), mitigation (global warming potential), ecological parameters (e.g., biodiversity and water and soil quality), and farming aspects (e.g., yield, implementation costs and production risks). We used expert and documented knowledge and presented uncertainties in the form of 90% confidence intervals to feed the model and forecast the changes in system outcomes caused by each intervention compared to a baseline scenario without the measure. By iterating the model function 10,000 times, we obtained probability distributions for each of the outcomes and farm management interventions. Our results suggest that interventions associated with nutrient management (e.g., composting and nutrient management plan) positively affect climate change adaptation, mitigation, and ecological aspects. Measures with no direct yield benefits (e.g., plastic reduction) correlate negatively with adaptation but have positive impacts on ecology. Creating buffer zones and converting low-productivity farmland (incl. unused land) also have positive ecological and adaptation outcomes. Decision analysis can help in prioritizing farm management interventions, which may vary considerably in their relationship with the expected outcomes. Additional work may be required to elaborate a comprehensive assessment of the underlying aspects modulating the impacts of a given measure on the evaluated outcome. Our analysis provides insights on the most promising interventions for banana plantations and may help practitioners and researchers in focusing further studies.

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“…These systems are water and energy efficient, which surely increases yields, input use efficiency, and economic returns of field crops (V. Sharma et al, 2019). The advantages of adopting MI and sprinkler irrigation over other traditional surface irrigation methods have been reported by several authors (Bassoi et al, 2003;Kumar and Palanisami, 2010;Pramanik et al, 2016). Various researchers have reported significant water savings using MI compared to the conventional irrigation methods for different crops in the diverse agroclimatic regions of the country (Ayars et al, 1999;Pandey et al, 2012;Madhava Chandran and Surendran, 2016).…”

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On‐farm irrigation water management in India: Challenges and research gaps*

Gupta

Singh

Kumar

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Irrigation and Drainage

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The growing demand for food to feed the increasing population of India has made it necessary to bring more land under cultivation with assured irrigation facilities. The irrigation sector demands a high amount of the available freshwater resources of the country. Thus, the efficiency of its use is of utmost importance for sustainable agriculture. India is the second-largest irrigated country and is one of the leading countries in terms of the expansion of * Gestion de l'eau d'irrigation à la ferme en Inde: défis et lacunes de la recherche

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Effect of Drip Fertigation on Yield, Water Use Efficiency, and Nutrients Availability in Banana in West Bengal, India

Cited by 25 publications

References 6 publications

Effects of Fertilization Approaches on Plant Development and Fertilizer Use of Citrus

Effects of Fertilization Approaches on Plant Development and Fertilizer Use of Citrus

Prioritizing farm management interventions to improve climate change adaptation and mitigation outcomes—a case study for banana plantations

On‐farm irrigation water management in India: Challenges and research gaps*

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