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Micronutrient

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCommon term

In agriculture, micronutrient means: A nutrient that plants need only in very small amounts but cannot grow normally without, such as iron, zinc, manganese, copper, boron and molybdenum.

In Turkish: mikro besin elementi, iz element, mikro element

How it is used

Contrasted with macronutrients (N, P, K, calcium, magnesium, sulfur). Advisers recommend micronutrient fertilizers as soil or foliar applications when soil tests or plant symptoms show a shortage.

Example sentences

  1. Zinc is the micronutrient most often lacking in Central Anatolian wheat soils.

  2. We added a micronutrient mix to the foliar spray.

Common collocations

  • micronutrient fertilizer
  • micronutrient deficiency
  • micronutrient mix
  • chelated micronutrients
  • NPKNitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), the three main plant nutrients; also the three numbers on a fertilizer bag that show how much of each it contains.
  • nutrient deficiencyA condition in which a plant does not get enough of a particular nutrient, shown by symptoms such as yellow leaves, poor growth or low yield.
  • fertilizerA natural or manufactured substance added to soil or plants to supply nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and increase growth.
  • soil pHA measure of how acidic or alkaline a soil is, on a scale from 0 to 14; it affects which nutrients plants can take up.
  • soil analysisA laboratory test of soil samples that measures nutrients, pH, organic matter, lime, salinity and texture, used as the basis for fertilizer recommendations.

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