If a plant shows a symptom
which could develop due to deficiency of more than one nutrient, how
would you find out experimentally, the real deficient mineral
element?
If a plant shows a symptom which could develop due to deficiency of more than one nutrient, how would you find out experimentally, the real deficient mineral element?
In
plants, the deficiency of a nutrient can cause multiple symptoms. For
example, the deficiency of nitrogen causes chlorosis
and delayed flowering.
In a
similar way, the deficiency of a nutrient can cause the same symptom
as that caused by the deficiency of another nutrient. For example,
necrosis is caused by the deficiency of calcium, magnesium, copper,
and potassium.
Another
point to be considered is that different plants respond in different
ways to the deficiency of the same nutrient.
Hence, to identify the
nutrient deficient in a plant, all the symptoms developed in its
different parts must be studied and compared with the available
standard tables.
In plants, the deficiency of a nutrient can cause multiple symptoms. For example, the deficiency of nitrogen causes chlorosis and delayed flowering.
In a similar way, the deficiency of a nutrient can cause the same symptom as that caused by the deficiency of another nutrient. For example, necrosis is caused by the deficiency of calcium, magnesium, copper, and potassium.
Another point to be considered is that different plants respond in different ways to the deficiency of the same nutrient.
Hence, to identify the nutrient deficient in a plant, all the symptoms developed in its different parts must be studied and compared with the available standard tables.
