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Symptoms of Zinc Deficiency in Cereal Grains

Zinc deficiency appears as a chlorosis in the interveinal areas of new leaves producing a banding or striping appearance. Leaf and plant growth become stunted with increasing severity of the deficiency; leaves eventually die and fall off the plant.

Zinc Deficiency: Interveinal chlorosis and stunted growth

Zinc Deficiency: A muddy, grey-green region appears in the middle of the leaf

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Zinc plays a key role in many enzyme systems in plants. It controls the production of important growth regulators that influence new growth and development. One of the first indications of Zinc deficiency is the presence of stunted plants resulting from a shortage of growth regulators.

Synthesis of protein
Needed for uniform maturity
Important for Calcium translocation

Organic conditions
High pH
High Phosphorus fertilization

Symptoms of Zinc Deficiency in Cereal Grains

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Functions of Zinc

Zinc Deficiency is Made Worse By:

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