The symptoms of few macro and micro nutrients deficiency are
1. Nitrogen: Yellowing of younger leaves. The leaves become rough, hard and reduce in size.
2. Potassium: Scorching due to chlorosis and necrosis occurring at the tip of the mature tea leaves and extends along the margin. Dominant purple/brown colour and reduced leaf size are the common symptoms.
3. Calcium: Downward curling followed by appearance of small spots on the lower surface of young leaves.
4. Magnesium: Yellowing of mature leaves, inter veinal chlorosis and premature leaf fall are the main symptoms.
5. Sulphur: The characteristic symptoms is 'Net veining' in the younger leaves where the leaf blade takes a striking yellow colour and the veins down to the finest branching standout predominantly dark green.
6. Zinc: The plants show very short internodes, chlorotic and small sickle shaped leaves and stunted auxiliary shoots.
Zinc deficiency in tea
Calcium deficiency in tea
Nitrogen deficiency in tea
Magnesium deficiency in tea
Potassium deficiency in tea
Sulphur deficiency in tea
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