A review on mineral nutrition of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Abstract

 In this article, the literature on the effects of fertilizers and nutrients, including direct, residual and cumulative, on potato are described including major nutrients: nitrogen and tuber yields, nitrate in tubers, nitrate in haulm, nitrate in roots, nitrate nitrogen in petiole sap, nitrogen and tuber quality, phosphorus and tuber yield, potassium and tuber yield, potassium in leaf petioles; secondary major nutrients: effect of calcium, magnesium and sulphur on tuber yield; minor nutrients: effect of zinc, boron and molybdenum on tuber yield; heavy metals: metals in sewage sludge, metal contents in potato and soil, cadmium and other metals in tubers, arsenic in soil and uptake by potato, beryllium in tubers, uranium and chromium in potato and other crops. The information provided in this article may be useful for students, teachers and research workers who are engaged in the teaching, research and extension activities on mineral nutrition of potato crop.