Epsom salt crystals are housed in a wooden bowl with a wooden spoon, sitting on a wood surface. - Diane Macdonald/Getty Images If you're seeing signs of magnesium deficiency on your plants, like older ...

How does the average gardener tell by looking at a plant if it has a nutrient deficiency or a disease? The main three nutrients used in large amounts by our plants are N-P-K. N being nitrogen, P being ...

I can tell it is getting hot by the many questions coming my way. Here are my responses to them. Q: What is causing the leaves on my grapes to turn yellow between the green veins? A: Your plants are ...

Iron is an essential nutrient for plants, animals and also for humans. It is needed for a diverse range of metabolic processes, for example for photosynthesis and for respiration. If a person is ...

1. Effects of potassium deficiency were studied in sunflower plants grown in sand cultures. The first symptom observed was a deeper-green color of the leaves. Later, lower leaves became chlorotic, the ...

Plants acquire phosphorus in the form of inorganic phosphate (Pi) from the soil through a tightly regulated network of transporters and signalling pathways that ensure nutrient homeostasis. This ...

Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause a number of strange sensations, like numbness, tingling, and more. “It felt like electricity ...

Boron deficiency has been diagnosed or predicted in a variety of plants using a combination of approaches including plant response to B fertiliser, plant symptoms, and soil and plant analysis. Local ...

Plants and animals rely on iron for growth and regulation of microbiomes, the collections of microorganisms that co-exist in places such as the human gut, and the soil around a plant’s roots. Plants ...

Researchers have discovered a new switch that plants use to control their responses to iron deficiency, Research groups from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the University of Münster ...