SL. NO.

NUTRIENTS NAME

DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS

REMEIDES

1

NITROGEN(N).

i) Plant light green lower leaves yellow drying to brown colour,

ii) Talk short & slender,

i) Application of ammonium sulphate.

2

PHOSPHORUS (P).

i) Plant dark green colour, often developing red & purple colour,

ii) lower leaves yellow, drying to greenish brown,

iii) Talk short & slender,

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3

POTTASIUM (K).

i) Spot of the dead tissue small, usually tips & between veins more marked on margin of leaves.

ii) Talk short & slender,

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3

ZINK (Zn)

i)spot on generalized rapidly enlarging leaves these with short internodes

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4

BORON(B)

i) young leaves of terminal bud becoming light green at base and finally break down later leaves becomes twisted

ii)talk finally die back

Application of Znso4 @ 5gr/ltr of water + borax 3grm foliar spray

5

IRON(Fe)

i)intervinal chlorosis with green network of viens on leaves

ii) fruit may be highly fleshed and low in sugar

i) spray iron in the form chelate

ii) application of Feso4

iii) in severe deficiency trunk injection @ 0.002% Feso4

6

COPPER(Cu)

i) brown spot appears on the terminal leaves followed by blocking of the leaves resembling fire blight

ii) fruit yield reduced and quality of the fruit also poor

i) soil application or spray @ 0.1% Cuso4

7

SULPHUR(S)

i) symptoms shows similar to nitrogen deffficiency the leaves become pale yellow younger get affected earlier than the older leaves

ii)under sever deficiency terminal bud symptoms early which gives more starved appearance and the crop yield also reduced

i)application of gypsum

ii)application of Mgso4

8

MANGANESE(Mn)

i)                   

leaves turned yellowish green

ii) crop yield reduced

iii)extreme difficiency symptom the crop will be stop the growth

i) soil application of Mgso4

ii) foliar spray @ 0.3%Mgso4

9

CALCIUM(Ca)

i) root growth is restricted and root tip become brown

ii) leaves on the tip of the shoot may be turned yellowish and may curl upward

i)application of calcium sulphate

ii)foliar application of Cacl2 @ 200gr/10ltrs of water

iii)spray 2-3 times at the rate of 15 day interval