Rice - Chlorosis
Symptoms
Older leaves show chlorosis of leaf tips and adjacent leaf margins.
Reasons
Potassium deficiency
(Pansukh disease in Punjab)
Rice - Chlorosis
Symptoms
Older leaves show chlorosis and a beginning redbrown necrosis on leaf margins.
Reasons
Potassium deficiency
Rice - Chlorosis
Symptoms
Older leaves show chlorosis of leaf margins and tips with brown spotting.
Reasons
Potassium deficiency
(Pansukh disease in Punjab)
Rice - Chlorosis
Symptoms
Older leaves show chlorosis of leaf margins and tips with brown spotting.
Reasons
Potassium deficiency
(Pansukh disease in Punjab)
Potassium deficiency made worse by
- Acidic soils (low pH)
- Sandy or light soils (leaching)
- Drought conditions
- High rainfall (leaching)
- or heavy irrigation
- Heavy clay (illite) soils
- Soils with low K reserves
- Magnesium rich soils
Potassium is important for
- Improves plant growth and development
- Improved resistance to climatic stress
- Improves yield
