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Mineral nutrition of vegetabels crops: XXIV - micronutrient deficiencies in eggplants (Solarium melongena L. var. Híbrida F1, Piracicaba nº 100)

Eggplants were grown in pots containing 7 kg of pure quartz sand. Twice a day they were irrigated by percolation with nutrient solutions. The treatments were: complete, -B, -Cu, -Fe, -Mn, -Zn. The deficiencies symptoms are described. The deficiencies were comproved by chemical analysis of the different parts of the plants. The following concentration, expressed in ppm in dry matter are:


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