PLANT DOCTOR

Plant problem library

Detailed profiles of common plant diseases, pests, nutrient deficiencies and environmental problems.

Sulfur deficiency
Environmental stress

Sulfur deficiency

Sulfur deficiency is a nutrient disorder that reduces chlorophyll and protein formation, producing pale green to yellow new growth, weak stems and slow development.…

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Magnesium deficiency
Environmental stress

Magnesium deficiency

Magnesium deficiency is a nutritional disorder rather than an infectious disease. Because magnesium moves within plants, symptoms commonly begin on older, lower leaves as…

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Calcium deficiency
Environmental stress

Calcium deficiency

Calcium deficiency is a physiological disorder caused by inadequate calcium supply to actively growing tissues or by interrupted calcium transport within the plant. Symptoms…

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Potassium deficiency
Environmental stress

Potassium deficiency

Potassium deficiency is a nutritional disorder caused by inadequate plant-available potassium or restricted uptake. It commonly begins on older leaves as pale or yellow…

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Phosphorus deficiency
Environmental stress

Phosphorus deficiency

Phosphorus deficiency is a nutritional and soil-availability disorder that slows root and shoot growth, delays maturity, and may produce dark-green foliage with reddish-purple coloration,…

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Nitrogen deficiency
Environmental stress

Nitrogen deficiency

Nitrogen deficiency is a nutritional disorder that reduces chlorophyll production, growth and yield. The earliest visible sign is usually uniform pale-green to yellow foliage,…

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