Table 1: Fertilizer requirement of potatoes grown in different zones.

 

Zone

Soil

Dose in kg/ha

 

 

N

P205

K20

1.North western hill zone

Acidic hill soil

120-150

100-150

120

2. North-eastern hill zone

Acidic hill  soil

100-120

120-150

60

3. North-western plain zone

Alluvial

180-240

80-100

100-150

4. North-central plain zone

Alluvial

180-240

80-100

100-150

5.North-eastern plain zone

Alluvial

180-240

80-100

100-150

6. Plateau zone

Black

100-120

60

60

7. Nilgiri zone

Acidic hill

90-120

135-150

90

 

Important potato based cropping systems

Region Cropping system

North-western plains(Punjab, Haryana & northern parts of Rajsthan)

Potato-wheat-paddy/maize

Potato-paddy/maize

Potato-sunflower-paddy

Eastern Gangetic plains (Eastern UP, Bihar, West Bengal & Orissa)

Potato-greengaram-paddy

Potato-maize-paddy

Potato-onion-paddy

Potato-groundnut-paddy

Potato-jute-paddy

Plateau region (northern peninsular & mid plateau)

Potato-sorghum/pearlmllet

Potato-groundnut

Potato-potato

Potato-greengram

North-Eastern hills

Potato-peas/cabbage/radish

Potato-wheat-maize/peas

Nilgiri hills

Potato-potato

Potato-cabbage

           

  Important intercropping systems with potato.

Zone

Systems developed

i) Intercropping systems in plains

Potato + sugarcane

Potato + wheat

Potato + mustard

ii) Intercropping systems in North-western hill zone

Garlic + potato

Garlic + peas + potato

Potato-peas/cabbage/radish

 

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