Author(s):

Priynka Kumari Jat, Vivek Kumar and Dr. SP Singh

Abstract: Tomato is considered as a member of the family Solanaceae. The botanical name of tomato is Lycopersicon esculentum Mill and is a diploid plant with 2n=2x=24 chromosomes. Tomato is the most popular home garden and the third most consumed crop in the world. It is very much beneficial for health because of its high nutrient status. The effect of Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) on the growth, yield and soil nutrient status to tomato, the study revealed that the integration of organic manures in combination with inorganic fertilizers was found significant in improving the overall plant growth, yield and soil macro nutrient status than the sole application of either of these nutrients. Now-a-days demands for tomato is increasing rapidly among the vegetable consumers in view of its better quality only one source of nutrients like chemical fertilizers, organic manures and bio-fertilizers cannot improve the production or maintain the production sustainability and soil health. Integrated plant nutrient management is the intelligent use of optimum combination of organic, inorganic and biological nutrient sources in a specific crop, cropping system and climatic situation so as to achieve and to sustain the optimum yield and to improve or to maintain the soil’s physical, biological and chemical properties. Such a crop nutrition package has to be technically sound, economically attractive, practically feasible and environmentally safe. Therefore work done on the nutrient application to tomato is reviewed in this paper.

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