Home Resources for additional information Credits

MANGANESE DEFICIENCY



Manganese deficiency causes mottling with thin green borders along main veins
Manganese deficiency causes mottling with thin green borders along main veins
Photo credit: Michael Treeby
Look For Look For Notes

   LOOK FOR


    Look for in leaves
  • MANGANESE DEFICIENCY
  • Leaves with a yellow mottle (not near-white as from zinc deficiency)
  • The mottle bounded by fine green veins
  • A dark-green border around the main veins, but thinner than magnesium and thicker than iron deficiencies
  • A normal sinus angle where the leaf joins the petiole (not open from zinc deficiency

   CONDITIONS

  • Tissue analyses are often needed to correctly identify nutritional disorders
  • MANGANESE DEFICIENCY
  • Most common on older leaves after flowering and in vines on sandy soils high in lime

OTHER MANGANESE DEFICIENCY IMAGES

LOOKS LIKE