* Dept. of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, UHS, Bagalkot-587102, Karnataka
** Department of Environmental Sciences, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
Dept. of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, GKVK, Bangalore 560 065.
Online published on 3 January, 2013.
A survey was conducted during 2010–11 in Hassan district of Karnataka,to study knowledge levels of tomato nutrient management practices among farmers of Hassan district, Karnataka. None of the farmers were applying recommended dose of organic manure. About one third of farmers were applying recommended dose of nitrogen. Phosphorus application was higher in most of the cases. Only 12.5% farmers were using recommended quantity of potassium. The overall knowledge on nutrient management of tomato was poor. Majority of farmers (51.2%) belonged to low overall knowledge category which negatively influenced the yield.
Knowledge level, tomato, nutrient management
