Micronutrient Powder

Micronutrients are essential elements that are used for growth and regulation of plant’s vital physiological activities. Though these are required in trace amounts, they are as important as macronutrients. To replenish micronutrients requirement at crop level, crops are applied with micronutrients according to nutrient deficiency and specific requirement.

Plants usually face deficiency of these micronutrients especially during its peak growth rate, at flowering and fruiting. Although they can be supplemented individually, experimentally it has been proved that using balanced “mixture of micronutrients” is more efficient and do not cause toxicity like individual nutrient.

When it comes to plants, Micro minerals or trace elements include at least iron, boron, cobalt, copper, manganese, zinc and molybdenum. Their individual uses are as:

• Boron is involved in carbohydrate transport in plants from the leaf to the root system; it also assists in metabolic regulation. Boron deficiency will often result in bud dieback and many other symptoms making diagnosis difficult without Plant Sap analysis.
• Cobalt is essential to plant health. Cobalt is thought to be an important catalyst in nitrogen fixation.
• Copper is a component of some enzymes and of vitamin A. Symptoms of copper deficiency include browning of leaf tips and chlorosis.
• Iron is essential for chlorophyll synthesis, which is why an iron deficiency results in chlorosis between leaf veins.
• Manganese activates some important enzymes involved in chlorophyll formation. Manganese deficient plants will develop chlorosis between the veins of its leaves. The availability of manganese is partially dependent on soil pH.
• Molybdenum is essential to plant health. Molybdenum is used by plants to reduce nitrates into usable forms. Some plants use it for nitrogen fixation, thus it may need to be added to some soils before seeding legumes.
• Zinc participates in chlorophyll formation, and activates many enzymes. Symptoms of zinc deficiency include chlorosis and stunted growth.