Phosphorus deficiency vs. healthy plant-Carrots | Yara Malaysia

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Nutrients

Carrots - Growth retardation

Symptoms
Root growth of phosphorus deficient plants is severely stunted.

Reasons
Phosphorus deficiency (right) Visual deficiency symptoms on cabbage leaves are rarely observed in the field.

Phosphorus deficiency vs. healthy plant made worse by

Acidic or very alkaline (calcareaus) soils
Low organic matter
Cold or wet conditions
Crops with a poorly developed root system
Soils with low P reserves
Soils with a high phosphate capacity
Iron rich soils

Phosphorus is important for

Energy storage and transfer
Nucleic acid formation
Protein synthesis
Cell membrane component
Carbohydrate metabolism