1Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Kerala Agricultural University, College of Agriculture, Padannakkad, Kasaragod, Kerala-671314
2Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Kerala Agricultural University, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala-695 522
3Department of Agricultural Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala-695 522
*email: neethuprabhakar505@gmail.com
Online published on 15 December, 2016.
Balanced plant nutrition including calcium has become an indispensable criterion for achieving higher crop yields especially in the high rainfall, humid tropical areas. The paper reviews the dynamics of calcium in soils and the impacts of calcium nutrition on crop yield and quality.
calcium, nutrition
