NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS IN WHEAT

Nitrogen

- slow plant growth, general light green appearance, few tillers, short heads
- yellow discoloration from the leaf tip down in the form of a "V", starting on oldest leaves first

- bluish green to purple color in the leaves and stems, effects lower leaves fist
- poor tillering and root development

- stunted plants and yellowing of leaf tips and leaf margins

- young leaves become yellow and dry, head is stunted and imperfect
- deficiencies are rare in Ohio

- oldest leaves lose green color, turn from yellow to brown, curl and die

- similar to nitrogen deficiency but more pronounced on younger leaves
- stunted plants, reduced tillering, yellow cast

- shows up in young leaves first as an interveinal chlorosis
- severe cases exhibit elongated white streaks, the center of which may turn brown and fall out

- young leaves develop interveinal chlorosis, veins remain green in the early stages
- progresses rapidly and may turn the entire leaf white
- deficiencies are rare in Ohio

- irregularly shaped white spots between veins which could develop into stripes with a waxy, raised appearance
- discoloration found on youngest leaves first, starting at the base of the leaf and progressing toward the tip

- youngest leaves become yellow and stunted, eventually turning pale while the old leaves die back
- dead leaf tissue may appear along the tips and leaf edges in a pattern similar to potassium deficiency

- light green to white streaks on either side of the mid-rib that may develop into a broad band of bleached tissue most evident on lower leaves
- leaf midribs and margins remain green
- sometimes leaf edges appear to be tinted red or brown

- light yellow young plants - similar to N deficiency
- wilted leaves, youngest leaves may twist
- deficiencies are rare in Ohio