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Nutrients and Deficiencies Flashcards

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Nitrogen

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-Promotes vegetative growth (green growth)
-Primary macronutrient most needed
-Too much can make leggy or cause pest problems
-can deplete plant in low light settings

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Nitrogen deficiency signs

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-slow and stunted growth
-chlorosis
-shows up in older leaves and tips of grasses

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Phosphorus

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-roots, flowers, fruits
-balances nitrogen
-needs pH reaction to be useable (6-7)
-often included in starter fertilizers

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Phosphorus deficiency

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-small stunted leaves
-dark green or reddish leaves
-shows up in older leaves
-delayed maturity
-poor root system
-plant size reduction

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Potassium

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-metabolism, nutrient transport, overall health, flowering
-second only to nitrogen in plant consumption
-regulates functions related to osmosis
-taken up by roots
-less mobile in clay soils (more available)
-uptake more rapid in neutral soils

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Potassium deficiency

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-scorched leaf margins on lower older leaves
-interveinal chlorosis

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Calcium

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-used in third greatest amount by plants
-cell walls and membranes, pectin, stress resistance, regulating plant functions
-availability depends on CEC
-excessive K and Mg can inhibit uptake

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Calcium deficiency

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-blossom end rot
-appears in new growth

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Magnesium

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-essential ingredient in chlorophyll
-aids uptake of other elements, activates many enzyme systems
-easily leached from soil
-K and P can inhibit uptake

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Magnesium deficiency

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-less resistant to drought, cold, disease
-interveinal chlorosis in older leaves

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Sulfur

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-least quantity needed of macronutrients
-making chlorophyll and proteins, seed production, stress tolerance
-readily leached

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Sulfur deficiency

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-stunted newer leaves
-pale green
-looks like nitrogen deficiency

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Iron

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-metallic trace element, trace element used in greatest amounts
-form chemicals, especially chlorophyll
-solubility relates directly to pH (less available above 6)
-Acid loving plants may suffer shortage in alkaline or calcareous soils

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Iron deficiency

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-interveinal chlorosis on new leaves

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Manganese

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-metallic trace element
-formation of chlorophyll, speeds seed germination, crop maturing, helps plant take up other nutrients

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Managese deficiency

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-dwarfing
-interveinal chlorosis on young leaves

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Copper

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-metallic trace element
-chlorophyll and lignin, disease resistance, moisture control

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Copper deficiency

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-inhibit pollen formation
-lower fruit yield

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Zinc

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-metallic trace element
-chlorophyll and protein production
-synthesize plant growth hormone

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Zinc deficiency

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-tight growth of small leaves
-interveinal chlorosis

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Chlorine

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-anionic trace element
-found everywhere and water soluble

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Chlorine deficiency

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-rare but more common in palms

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Boron

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-anionic trace element
-cell wall and membrane integrity

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Boron deficiency
collapse of shoot and root tips
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Molybdenum
-anionic trace element -needed for proper nitrogen metabolism -most available in high pH soils
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Nickel
-metallic trace element, least amount needed -rarely deficient -metabolism of urea
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Potassium deficiency in Palms
-affects older fronds first -early symptoms: translucent yellow-orange spots, black spots, dead tissue along margins -later symptoms: fronds stunted and trunk pencil pointing
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Palms susceptible to potassium deficiency
-coconut -areca -spindle -queen -royal
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Amendment for Potassium deficiency in palms
-slow release potash with magnesium (Mg deficiency can occur from extra potassium) -can take up to 2 years to recover
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Magnesium deficiency in palms
-areas of poor soil and high rainfall -light yellow band along leaf margin starting on older leaves -in severe cases tips turn brown
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Palms susceptible to magnesium deficiency
date palm
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Amendment for Palms deficient in Magnesium
-apply 2-4 pounds of magnesium sulfate (epsom salt) per tree 4 times a year -may take years to recover
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Manganese deficiency in Palms
-frizzeltop -shows up in acid loving palms in alkaline soil, too much water, or cold temperatures -symptoms on new growth: deformed, reduced size, dead brown areas -can kill the bud which kills the plant
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Palms susceptible to Manganese deficiency
-Pygmy date -royal -queen -parotis
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Amendment for Palm deficient in Manganese
-apply manganese sulfate to soil or spray on foliage -do not plant acid loving palms in alkaline soil
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Nitrogen deficiency in Palms
-not a big problem -due to poor soil and lack of fertilizer -light green color and decreased growth -symptoms start on oldest fronds -entire canopy can turn yellow green and then white -pencil pointing
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Amendement for palms deficient in nitrogen
-slow release fertilizer with nitrogen or a foliar spray
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Iron deficiency in palms
-uncommon -due to poorly aerated soil, root damage, or improper planting depth -yellow-green fronds with green veining -appears on new leaves first -later, dead tissue at tips -can stunt or kill over time
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Amendment for Palm with Iron deficiency
-add iron if not a condition issue
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How do we test for soil nutrients?
EC reading or soil test
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3 non-mineral/water Macronutrients
-Carbon -Hydrogen -Oxygen
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C
Carbon
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H
Hydrogen
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O
Oxygen
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3 Primary soil macronutrients
-Nitrogen -Phosphorus -Potassium
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N
Nitrogen
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P
Phosphorus
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K
Potassium
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3 Secondary soil macronutrients
-Calcium -Magnesium -Sulfur
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Ca
Calcium
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Mg
Magnesium
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S
Sulfur
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8 micronutrients
-Iron -Manganese -Copper -Chlorine -Boron -Nickel -Zinc -Molybdenum
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Fe
iron
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Mn
Manganese
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Cu
Copper
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Cl
Chlorine
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B
Boron
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Ni
Nickel
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Zn
Zinc
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Mo
Molybdenum

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