Citrus

Nitrogen deficiency

Symptoms: Yellowing of older leaves,plant growth is ceased.
Affect: Poor fruit set and smaller fruit.

Solution

Product: Macrofert 20:20:20 5gm/lit
Soil/Drip: Plantex 20:20:20 5kg/acre
Benefit: Helps in vegetative growth, formation of amino acids

Phosphorous deficiency

Symptoms: Leaves are dull bronzed green and they shed readily.
Affect: Affects fruit quality causing mis-shapen fruit with open centres and coarse thickened rinds.

Solution

Product:Fertimax 12:61:00 5gm/lit, Fertimax 00:52:34( 5-10gm/lit)
Soil/Drip: Plantex 12:61:00 5kg/acre
Benefit: Root development, winter hardness

Potassium deficiency

Symptoms: Dieback follows in the weakened twigs and bloom decreases.
Affect: Slower tree growth,small leaves and heavy leaf fall.

Solution

Product:Fertimax 00:00:50 5gm/lit, Fertimax13:00:45( 5-10gm/lit), Fertisol 3-5gm/lit
Soil/Drip:-
Benefit: Resistance to pests and diseases,opening and closing of stomata

Calcium deficiency

Symptoms: Fruit cracking,small necrotic spots can develope in the faded areas.
Affect: Reduces the fruit quality, and shining.

Solution

Product:Aquacal-3-4ml/lit, fertimax CN 5-10gm/lit, combical-3-5gm/lit, horticab 2-3ml/lit, crack gourd 2-3ml/lit
Soil/Drip: -
Benefit:Cell formation,cell elongation,cell division

Magnesium deficiency

Symptoms: Produces a very distinct yellowing towards the apex of older leaves,with a triangular area remain green at the leaf base.
Affect: Decreases the juice content in pulp .

Solution

Product:Magmix 4-5gm/lit, zinc mag 3-5ml/lit, Fertisol 3-5gm/lit
Soil/Drip:Ferromag 5kg/acre
Benefit:Helps in photosynthesis,starch translocation

Sulphur deficiency

Symptoms: Plants are pale green to yellow in colour.
Affect: Plants are stunted .

Solution

Product:Primasulf 3-4ml/lit, fertisol 5gm/lit
Soil/Drip: -
Benefit:Improves special character in crop

Copper deficiency

Symptoms: Gummosis disease occurs in citrus plant.
Affect: Wilt occurs.

Solution

Product:Phosphocop 2-3ml/lit
Soil/Drip: -
Benefit:Serves to intensify flavour and colour in vegetables and colour in flowers

Boron deficiency

Symptoms: Uneven formation of leaf.
Affect: Fruit cracking,flower dropping.

Solution

Product: Boron 20 1gm/lit, Potabor super-2-3gm/lit
Soil/Drip: -
Benefit:Translocation of sugars and help in pollination

Zinc deficiency

Symptoms: Symptoms include small narrow leaves.
Affect: Stunted growth,leaves become brittle.

Solution

Product:Chelamin plus1-2gm/lit
Soil/Drip: Chelamin gold 0.5kg/acre
Benefit:Helps in activation of enzymes

Iron deficiency

Symptoms: Causes a distinct pattern in the leaf caused by a loss in chlorophyll,only the main veins stay green.
Affect: Decreases the juice content in pulp and dull colour appearance of fruit.

Solution

Product:Chelafer1-2gm/lit, Agrofer-1-2gm/lit
Soil/Drip: Ferromag 5kg/acre, Ferromix-5kg/acre
Benefit:Helps in electron transport chain and helps in photosynthesis

Manganese deficiency

Symptoms:Yellowing of younger leaves and veins remain green in color,if the deficiency is more leaves turn to brown color.
Affect: Slow growth, leaf curlying .

Solution

Product: Mobomin-2gms/lit, Agrominmax-3gms/lit
Soil/Drip: -
Benefit: It involves wide range of enzymes process inlude hormone synthesis