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Frequency distribution of zinc in leaves with and without zinc-deficiency symptoms, all collected from a single orange tree

Journal Article · · Soil Sci.; (United States)

Leaves with zinc-deficiency symptoms had a lower Zn concentration than corresponding leaves without symptoms and of the same age from the same orange (Citrus senensis L.) tree on sour orange (C. aurantium L.) rootstock grown in Rhodes, Greece. There was considerable overlap, however, with the frequency distribution of each group approximating a normal curve. But both kinds of leaves combined showed a more normal distribution. Some leaves with symptoms had higher zinc concentrations than some without symptoms. There was a threefold range in Zn concentration for each group of leaves. Zinc-deficient leaves had less phosphorus, calcium, and manganese and more iron, aluminum, silicon, and titanium (the so-called dust elements) than did leaves with no deficiency symptoms. Some of these elements gave normal curves for both Zn-deficient and non-Zn-deficient leaves.

DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00012
OSTI ID:
5894309
Journal Information:
Soil Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: Soil Sci.; (United States) Vol. 134:1; ISSN SOSCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English