CROP AND SOIL CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MAY OCCUR.

Micronutrient Soil Crop
Boron (B) Sandy soil or highly weathered soils Alfalfa and clover
low in organic matter
Copper (Cu) Acid pests or mucks with pH 5.3 Wheat, oats, corn
and black sands
Manganese (Mn) Peats and mucks with pH < 5.8, black Soybeans, wheat, oats,
sands and lakebed/depressional soils sugar beets, corn
with pH > 6.2
Zinc (Zn) Peats, mucks and mineral soils with Corn and soybeans
pH > 6.5
Molybdenum (Mo) Acid prairie soils Soybeans


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Corn, Soybean, Wheat, and Alfalfa Field GuideBulletin 827