Journal of Krishi Vigyan

The potato is one of the most important food crops after rice, wheat and maize. More than one billion people consume potatoes worldwide and it is the part of the diet of half a billion people in developing countries. In terms of area, India ranks third in the world after China and Russia and second in production after China. A field experiment on potato was conducted during rabi season for three consecutive years with an objective to prevent the indiscriminate use of fertilizers by the potato growers. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with seven treatments and 3 replications. The results showed that the potato crop applied 100 per cent recommended dose of fertilizers (RDF) i.e. 150kg N, 60kg P2O5 and 120kg K2O recorded a yield of 15.33 t/ha which was at par with that of 150 per cent of RDF (13.74 t/ha). Therefore, the recommended dose of fertilizers was found to be beneficial for improving yield, quality and storage of potato tubers.