In this paper we prove some integral estimates on the minimal growth of the positive part $$u_+$$
u
+
of subsolutions of quasilinear equations $$\begin{aligned} \textrm{div}A(x,u,\nabla u) = V|u|^{p-2}u \end{aligned}$$
div
A
(
x
,
u
,
∇
u
)
=
V
|
u
|
p
-
2
u
on complete Riemannian manifolds M, in the non-trivial case $$u_+\not \equiv 0$$
u
+
≢
0
. Here A satisfies the structural assumption $$|A(x,u,\nabla u)|^{p/(p-1)} \le k \langle A(x,u,\nabla u),\nabla u\rangle $$
|
A
(
x
,
u
,
∇
u
)
|
p
/
(
p
-
1
)
≤
k
⟨
A
(
x
,
u
,
∇
u
)
,
∇
u
⟩
for some constant $$k>0$$
k
>
0
and for $$p>1$$
p
>
1
the same exponent appearing on the RHS of the equation, and V is a continuous positive function, possibly decaying at a controlled rate at infinity. We underline that the equation may be degenerate and that our arguments do not require any geometric assumption on M beyond completeness of the metric. From these results we also deduce a Liouville-type theorem for sufficiently slowly growing solutions.