Nutritional Status of Apple Orchards in Himachal Pradesh

Leaf analysis survey of apple orchards in eleven concentrated orchard pockets of Himachal Pradesh was conducted during the years 1975 to 1979. Of the nine essential elements studied as many as six elements viz. N, P, K. Ca, Mn and Zn were found deficient in apple orchards in Himachal Pradesh. The extent of deficiency was in the order Zn>P>K>N> Mn > Ca, of course varying from locality to locality.