Question

What are the deficiency symptoms of manganese observed in wheat?

Answer 1

Manganese deficiencies are rare on small grain grown on soils with a pH of 6.0 and 6.3. Deficiencies have been observed on wheat growing on coarse-textured Coastal Plain soils with pH values above 6.3.  Deficient plants are chlorotic and greenish-gray spots develop on the older leaves (gray speck). Deficiency symptoms may eventually appear on the uppermost recently mature leaves as interveinal chlorosis (streaked) at the basal portion of the leaf while the leaf tips may remain green. Leaves intensively affected may kink or droop.

Answer 2

Manganese deficiency in plants is detected by identification of white spots on its leaves. The streaks turn grey-white to brown.

Manganese deficiency cause chlorosis a type of plant disesse.

The symptom appears on younger and central leaves and tend to bend down  when the spotting is severe and plant growth is stopped.

Cause of these disesse of wheat plant is due to manganese deficiency.