Irrigation and fertigation of pomegranate cv. Ganesh in Chhattisgarh

Various fertigation treatments were applied to study their effect on the growth, yield and quality of pomegranate. The seasonal water requirement for 20 per cent wetted area was less in drip-fertigation than in surface fertigation. The former method saved about 27.5 per cent water over the latter method. The fertigation at 75 per cent level (i.e. application of 75 per cent of recommended dose of water-soluble fertilizer through water had at par water use efficiency compared to the fertigation at 100 per cent level. The fertigation at 75 per cent level was found to give yield at par with that giving highest yield and the fertigation at 75 per cent level was also found to be most economical and profitable fetching the highest net profit and the highest benefit cost ratio.