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 reduced in size
    • Leaves may remain green and emerge crumpled. Leaf margins may curl or may have extensive necrosis and appear singed. Shoots of Dracaena often grow at an angle rather than vertically
    • New leaves exhibit interveinal chlorosis with necrotic streaks. In severe cases, new leaves emerge entirely withered or frizzled and greatly reduced in size

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