Not AvailableA field experiment was conducted at Bangalore during 2013 and 2014 to study the effect
of fertigation on the performance of okra. The trial included total of ten treatments
comprising of varying rates and different sources of fertilizers were tested. Application of
recommended dose of fertilizer (180:120:120 kg NPK/ha) through fertigation using water
soluble fertilizers on weekly interval resulted in higher values for plant height (153.6 cm),
pods per plant (15.79), pod length (16.33 cm), pod girth (6.48 cm) and pod weight (21.28
g), which remained on par with same amount of fertilizer applied bi-weekly. In general
treatments which received the fertilizers through fertigation have taken less number of
days for flowering over the conventional soil application of fertilizers. All fertigation
treatments recorded higher marketable okra pod yield over the conventional soil
application of fertilizers to the tune of 12.5 to 46.0 per cent. Among fertigation treatments,
application of recommended dose using water soluble fertilizers through 100 per cent
weekly fertigation resulted in highest marketable yields (21.65 t/ha). The highest net
income (Rs.187852/ha) and B: C ratio (1.53) was obtained with the treatment where in 50
per cent of recommended dose of N: K using water soluble fertilizers supplied through
fertigation.Not Availabl
