Deficiency Symptoms of Essential Elements

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Deficiency Symptoms of Essential Elements: Overview

This topic discusses the ways to study the mineral requirements of plants. It also discusses some diseases caused due to major deficiencies of mineral nutrients in plants and their symptoms.

Important Questions on Deficiency Symptoms of Essential Elements

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Enlist the deficiency symptoms of iron in plants.

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Enlist the deficiency symptoms of magnesium in plants.

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Slowing down of metabolism of nitrogen is an example of _____ deficiency.

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Molybdenum has no essential role in plant growth.

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Mark the correct statement 

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Chlorosis in the young leaves followed by older leaves is a symptom of molybdenum deficiency in plants.

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Low nickel in leaves may result in what due to an inability by the plant to process the nickel?

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Early-season leaf chlorosis, dwarfing of foliage, blunting of leaf/leaflet tips, necrosis of leaf or leaflet tips, curled leaf/leaflet margins, dwarfed internodes, distorted bud shape, brittle shoots, etc., are typical examples of deficiency symptoms of _____.

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Mention the deficiency symptoms of nickel in plants.

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Identify the deficiency of Chlorine.

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_____ deficiency can be distinguished from other nutrient imbalances because leaves will exhibit characteristic distinct and abrupt boundaries between the affected and healthy tissue.

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Mention the deficiency symptoms of chlorine in plants.

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Chlorosis in plants is a deficiency disorder that can occur due to the deficiency of nutrients molybdenum, iron , magnesium, etc.

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Molybdenum is the constituent of nitrogenase enzymes.  

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What will be the symptom of molybdenum deficiency in plants?

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Mention the function of molybdenum in plants.

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Deficiency of which element in the plant causes yellowing of intravenous regions of leaves.

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The deficiencies of micronutrients not only affect the growth of the plants but also its vital functions, such as photosynthetic and mitochondrial electron flow. Among the list given below, which group of three elements will mostly affect, both photosynthetic and mitochondrial electron transport?

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Among the following given options, deficiency symptoms of which element appears first in apical buds?

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Analysis of plant tissue determines critical nutrient concentrations in the plant tissues sampled.