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Soil Water Table 1. Soil conditions inducing nutrient deficiencies for crop plants
Nutrient Conditions inducing deficiency Excess leaching with heavy rainfall, low organic matter content of soils, burning the crop residue Acidic condition, calcareous soils Sandy, organic, leached and eroded soils; intensive cropping system without addition of fertilizer Acidic, Alkali, or sodic soils Similar to Calcium Low organic matter content of soils ; use of N and P fertilizers containing no sulfur, burning the crop residue Calcareous silt and clays, high organic matter, calcareous soils Highly leached acidic soils, calcareous soils, high levels of Ca, Mg, and P in the soils Calcareous silt and clays, high organic matter, Calcareous soil Sandy soils, naturally acidic leached soils, alkaline soils with free lime Highly podzolized soils ; well drained calcareous soils

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Source: http://www.plantstress.com/Articles/min_deficiency_i/impact.htm Table 2. Range in nutrient content commonly found in soils Normal range Nutrient Per cent (%) Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium Calcium Magnesium Sulphur Iron Manganese Zinc Boron Copper Chlorine Cobalt Molybdenum 0.02-0.50 0.01-0.20 0.17-3.30 0.07-3.60 0.12-1.50 0.01-0.20 0.50-5.00 0.02-1.00 0.001-0.025 0.0005-0.015 0.0005-0.015 0.001-0.10 0.0001-0.005 0.00002-0.0005 Parts per million (ppm) 200-5000 100-2000 1700-33000 700-36000 1200-15000 100-2000 5000-50000 200-10000 10-250 5-150 5-150 10-1000 1-50 0.2-5

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