Plant Nutrition Deficiency Database (NutDef)

Decision Tree

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Plant is a monocot or noncotyledonous (includes palms, Pandanus, draceanas, yuccas, cycads and others

• Symptoms are most severe on the newest leaves
  • New leaves are uniformly chlorotic, chlorotic with faintly green veins, or chlorotic with green spots scattered throughout the leaflets. Interveinal necrotic streaks are not present, but tip necrosis may be evident
    • New leaves exhibit interveinal or uniform chlorosis with or without green spots scattered throughout the leaflets. Tip necrosis may be present in severe cases
    • New leaves are uniformly chlorotic, usually accompanied by tip necrosis

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