FUNCTION IN PLANTS |
OCCURRENCE UNDER DIFFERENT SOIL CONDITIONS |
- Needed in plant for utilization of nitrogen.
- Required for nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium bacteria in legumes.
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- Deficient soils are often acid sandy, highly podzolized or freely drained calcareous soils.
- Mo available to plants increases with pH or with liming.
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| DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS AND CONSEQUENCES |
PLANTS PRONE TO DEFICIENCY |
- Mo deficiency resembles N deficiency, i.e. plants grow slowly and have pale green leaves.
- Old leaves become chlorotic and soon thereafter symptoms appear at the leaf margins.
- Yellow spotting of citrus is typical for Mo deficiency.
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- Most often required by pasture and crop legumes.
Other sensitive crops are cereals, sugar beet, Brassica crops and tomato.
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