Potato is a good source of starch and vitamin C. Emphasis should be given to vertical
increase in potato production due to shortage of land and Judicious application of different plant nutrients
might be the best one. Earlier it was reported that Bangladesh soils were deficient in macronutrients like
nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium for which farmers were advised to use urea, TSP and MoP for potato
cultivation. In recent years, the scientists have reported deficiency of some secondary and micronutrients like
manganese (lVIn), zinc (Zn) and boron (B) in some soils of Bangladesh for potato production (Hussain, 1999).