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Copper deficiency may not be as easy to identify as other micronutrients. However, Copper does not move in the plant, so it appears first in younger growth. Often new growth is reduced, stunted, or distorted. Copper deficiency in trees may cause white tip or bleaching of younger leaves and summer dieback.
Copper Deficiency: Leaf tips show a crown of dead young leaves
Copper Deficiency (detail): Plants show wilting, rolling, and death of the tips of its youngest leaves