Phosphorus

Deficiency Symptoms

• Plants stunted with reduced tillering.

• Leaves narrow, short, very erect ‘dirty’ dark green. 

• Older leaves turn brown red and purple colours develop in leaves

Correction Measures

• Foliar application of 2% DAP (20g/lit) two times at 15 days interval (2kg of DAP should be soaked in 20 lit of water over night and filter the solution in the next day morning). Add one lit of solution per tank (10 lit tank) and 20 tank (200lit) should be sprayed for an acre