Yama Enrico F.

BSA 2A OCT, 19 2022

ACTIVITY # 2

Essentials Elements Deficiency Symptoms Photos

 When carbon dioxide levels

Carbon (C) are low, plants are not able to
photosynthesize efficiently
and their growth slows.

Younger leaves curl

downwards with browning of
leaf edges and leaf tips, also
Hydrogen (H) known as tip burn. In some
plants, they may also show
abnormally green foliage.
Roots become short and
stubby.

Air is vital to a plant's growth

and survival. Plants take in
carbon dioxide from the air
and convert it into glucose
Oxygen (O) through the process of
photosynthesis, which is
powered by sunlight. Without
air, plants would not be able
to create glucose and would
die.

Nitrogen deficiency
causes pale, yellowish-green
foliage and stunted plants.
Because Nitrogen is a mobile
Nitrogen (N) nutrient in the plant,
symptoms appear first on the
older leaves, and then
develop on younger leaves
as conditions become acute.
 Phosphorus deficiencies
show in the form of purple
coloring on the oldest leaves.
Phosphorus (P) Over time, that purple color
will diminish, but the plants
may become stunted and fall
victim to other nutrient
deficiencies due to a poorly
developed root system

Potassium deficiency
symptoms in corn appear first
on the lower leaves because
K is easily moved within the
plant from older to younger
Potassium (K) leaves. Leaf symptoms are a
yellowing to necrosis (tissue
death) of the outer leaf
margins. These symptoms
begin at the leaf tip and
progress down the margin
toward the leaf base.

Ca-deficiency in maize can

be identified by some specific
symptoms. Typically,
the young leaves become
serrated, curl and rot. The
Calcium (Ca) outer leaf may curl over the
next emerging leaf and
prevent its expansion,
leading to symptoms have
been described as 'bull-whip'
or 'buggy-whip' since the
plant resembles a curled-up
whip.

Magnesium (Mg) deficiency

is first seen as yellow to white
interveinal striping of the
Magnesium (Mg) lower corn leaves. Dead,
round spots sometimes
follow, which give the
impression of beaded
streaking. Older leaves
become reddish-purple, and
the tips and edges may
 become necrotic if the
deficiency is severe.

sulfur deficiency is
characterized by a yellowing
of the younger or “new”
leaves of the corn plant.
Sulfur (S) When the corn plant is small,
mild sulfur deficiency
symptoms show up as
interveinal chlorosis of the
leaves emerging from the
whorl

Iron deficiency on individual

Iron (Fe) plants is characterized by
yellow leaves with dark green
veins (interveinal chlorosis)

Manganese deficiency
appears as yellowing
between the leaf
Manganese (Mn) veins (interveinal chlorosis) of
corn, soybeans, and sugar
beets, and as yellow-green
striping in wheat.

Zinc (Zn) deficiency in corn

causes interveinal, light
striping or a whitish band
beginning at the base of the
Zinc (Zn) leaf and extending towards
the tip. The margins of the
leaf, the midrib area, and the
leaf tip usually remain green.
Plants are stunted because
internodes are shortened.

 In corn, deficiency first

appears on new leaves as
Copper (Cu) they come out of the whorl
and develop a bluish green
tint. New leaves may emerge
from the whorl as spiraled.
 Symptoms tend to be evident
in the youngest leaves
because boron is not very
Boron (B) mobile within the corn plant.
Affected plants may produce
ears that are barren or have
poor kernel development.

Molybdenum (Mo)
molybdenum deficiency can
alter the phenotypes in
developing flowers, including
delayed emergence of
tassels, small anthers, poorly
developed stamens, and
reduced pollen grain
development 

Chloride deficiency appears

as chlorosis of the younger
Chlorine (Cl) leaves and wilting of the
plant. These nutrients are
negatively charged anions
that are subject to leaching. 

Nickel deficiency is
accompanied by histological
and biochemical changes
and reduced iron resorption
Nickel (Ni) and leads to anaemia. It can
disturb the incorporation of
calcium into skeleton and
lead to parakeratosis-like
damage, which finds
expression in disturbed zinc
metabolism.