Pepper - Shortening of internodes
Symptoms
Plant size is stunted because of shortened internodes and smaller leaves than normal.
Causes
Zinc deficiency (right)
Zinc deficiency vs. optimum made worse by
- Organic soils
- High pH soils
- Soils rich in phosphorus
- Soils receiving high phosphorus application
- Cold wet conditions
Zinc is important for
- Increased yields
