Question

What are deficiency symptoms of zinc in rice?

Answer 1

- dusty brown spots on upper leaves of stunted plants.
- uneven plant growth and patches of poorly established Hills in the field but the crop may recover.
- increased sprinklet sterlity in rice.
- chlorotic midribs particularly near the leaf bays of younger plants

Answer 2

Deficiency symptoms of zinc in rice:

• The zinc deficiency causes various phenomenal harm to the plants.
• They are chlorosis, which causes the dusty spots on the plant. The sterility of the rice can be increased.

• The yellowing of the leaves of the plan, thereby damaging the chlorophyll pigment degradation, results in the death of the leaf tissue.
• There is Zinc fertilizers which are used for the prevention of Zn deficiency and in the bio fortification of cereal grains.
• The symptoms occurs 2 - 4 days after the transplantation is done.