Optimizing Fertilizer Use for Grapes Cultivation in Pakistan Using The Mitscherlich–Bray Equation
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https://doi.org/10.31580/pjmls.v7i2.3074Keywords:
Economic uplift, Profitability, Theoretical yield, Vitis viniferaAbstract
Grapes Vitis vinifera, being an important fruit crop is produced in temperate regions and consumed all over Pakistan owing to its taste and superior nutritional values. However, the infrequent fertilizer inputs and exhausted natural resources have given rise to a number of hurdles in quality grapes production. Among the yield-depriving imperative factors, fertilizer management plays a substantial role. In this regard, an experiment was designed to assess different doses of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) in grapevines sown at three different sites located in the district Attock. The main objective of the study was to estimate the NPK requirement in grape crops under soil conditions in Attock so that judicious fertilizer use could be achieved. Nitrogen and potassium were kept constant in each treatment whereas P2O5 was applied at 5 different concentrations i.e. P2O5 @0 kg/ha, P2O5 @230 kg/ha, P2O5 @300 kg/ha, P2O5 @365 kg/ha and P2O5 @430 kg/ha. Grape yield was measured at individual sites and treatments. The yield and fertilizer data were also subjected to the Mitscherlich–Bray Equation. The comparison between actual yield and theoretical grape yield was made and the results exhibited that pursuant to the Mitscherlich–Bray equation, the amount of fertilizer desirable to achieve 90% of theoretical maximum yield was less as compared to the general recommendation of P2O5 kgha−1. Soil which has an initial level of 10 kg P ha−1 would entail about 428 kg P2O5 ha−1 fertilizer application to attain 90% of the theoretical yield. This study is significant for farmers as well as for scientists because the soils of Pakistan are facing a fertility diminution so over or under-application of soil amendments can results in economic losses. Mitscherlich-Bray Equation modelled the actual requirement of the fertilizers, hence there will be no chances of non-judicious fertilization in Attock soils that harbor grapes crop.
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