Bhagyaresha Gajbhiye

Integrated Nutrient Management in Pomegranate Bhagyaresha Gajbhiye

The book is about the pomegranate production. For higher production of quality fruits in a sustainable manner application of nutrients at proper doses is very important. It is reality that proper dose of nutrients to be standardized for a set of agro-climatic conditions which in turn to be economically acceptable, viable and eco-friendly suitable. Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) is a system that helps to restore and sustain crop productivity, and also assists in checking the emerging micro-nutrient deficiencies. The INM have been recognized to influence fruit quality of pomegranate. Bacterial blight is one of the most devastating diseases of pomegranate occurring in major pomegranate growing states of India. Bacterial blight has been observed damaging the pomegranate crop in moderate to severe proportion resulting in enormous losses. It is the demand of the time to search for suitable and effective control measures against the disease and develop suitable protocol to control the disease as improve the yield and quality of pomegranate.