Rice - Deformation
Symptoms
The youngest leaf is withered, rolled and shows a bleached, whitish to light brown colour. Chlorosis begins at the leaf tips.
Reasons
Calcium deficiency
Rice - Deformation
Symptoms
The calcium deficient plant shows yellowing and withering of younger leaf tips.
Older leaves don't express chlorosis, but bend over.
General plant growth is stunted.
Roots are much shorter and look dark brown. Calcium deficiency can result in impaired root function and my predispose the rice plant to iron deficiency.
Reasons
Calcium deficiency
Rice - Discolouration
Symptoms
Roots of the calcium deficient plant are brown and the hair roots are much longer than normal.
Reasons
Calcium deficiency
Calcium deficiency made worse by
- Acidic soils
- Sandy or light soils (leaching)
- Acid peat soils
- Soils rich in sodium
- Soils rich in aluminium
- Drought conditions
- Fruit high in nitrogen or potassium
- Large fruit
Calcium is important for
- Healthy foilage
- Healthy young tillers
