A Brief Insight into Nutritional Deficiencies in Pulses and their Possible Management Strategies A Review

Abstract

One of the main abiotic constraints that limits pulse production is nutrient imbalance. Pulses play very important role in human diet providing all nutritional and physiological beneficial effects on human health. Pulses are rich in protein, carbohydrates, and dietary fibre, and a rich source of other bioactive components, and their consumption extends worldwide. Pulses are dried legumes that consist of various varieties of beans, lentils, peas, green gram, black gram, horse gram, and chickpeas. Protein-rich pulses are considered a primary food for a large portion of the Indian population, which satisfies everyone's protein and energy demands. Phosphorus and Fe have significantly enhanced pulse crop productivity in many pockets in response to potassium application. The production of both applied and native P is increased by phosphatic fertilisers and the use of bio-fertilizers. Some micro-nutrient foliar nutrition proved to be very successful, the amount and mode of application is determined by indigenous nutrient supply. Balanced nutrition is vital for achieving higher productivity. At the same time, in order to 'increasing nutrients demand, there is immense need to exploit the alternate source of nutrients viz Organic materials and bio- fertilisers for sustainable productivity with more environmentally friendly systems for the management of nutrients. Environmental issues and other hazards arising from the imbalanced use of nutrients should also be addressed properly. several investigators reported that integrated use of chemical fertilizers with organic manure is becoming a quite promising practice not only for maintaining higher productivity but also for greater stability to crop production as well as make the pulses become healthy to feed the population.