- Apples
- Apricot
- Banana
- Barley
- Beans
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Citrus
- Coffee
- Lettuce
- Maize
- Oilseed Rape
- Onions
- Peach
- Plums
- Potatoes
- Raspberries
- Rice
- Soybean
- Strawberries
- Table Grape
- Tomato
- Wheat
- Wine Grape
Rice - Growth retardation
Symptoms
As iron is immobile within the plant, deficiency symptoms are first visible on the young, newly emerging tissue.
Leaves show an interveinal yellowing, then become uniformly chlorotic and show a pale yellow to white coloration. Growth is stunted.
With severe iron deficiency the whole plant becomes chlorotic and dies of.
Iron deficiency is common in high-pH dryland soils. It is seldom seen in flooded soils.
Reasons
Iron deficiency
Iron fertilizers applied to the soil are often not effective, because they are rapidly converted to insoluble forms.
Iron deficiency made worse by
- High pH
- Water logged soils
- Calcareous soils
- High copper, manganese or zinc soils
Iron is important for
- Photosynthetic activity
- Healthy young tillers