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Interactions Between Zinc and Other Nutrients Affecting the Growth of Plants

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Zinc in Soils and Plants

Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences ((DPSS,volume 55))

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This paper examines the interactions between Zn and other nutrients in soil reactions, behaviour in plants and plant growth.

It stresses the need for identification of the factor responsible for any Zn response to the addition of another nutrient compound.

Of the many interactions of Zn with other nutrients, the most widespread and important to crop production are those with N and P fertilizers on soils with limiting supplies of both Zn and N or P. Similar interactions of Zn with other essential nutrients will also be important on soils with low supplies of both nutrients; such an interaction of Zn with Cu was strongly enhanced by an effect of Zn in depressing Cu absorption and almost eliminating grain production in wheat when Cu was not applied.

Other interactions with potential significance for crop production in specific situations include the enhancement of Zn deficiency through depression of Zn absorption by effects of high concentrations of Fe and Mn in flooded soils and of P in suppressing mycorrhizal infection of roots.

The many interactions of Zn with P are reviewed. Recent evidence that, when supplied high P at low Zn, plants accumulate high P in their leaves, precipitating Zn and increasing the plant’s internal requirement for Zn, provides a new insight into the long puzzling phenomenon of “P enhanced Zn requirements”.

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Loneragan, J.F., Webb, M.J. (1993). Interactions Between Zinc and Other Nutrients Affecting the Growth of Plants. In: Robson, A.D. (eds) Zinc in Soils and Plants. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0878-2_9

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