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  • Image: Boron Deficiency 1
    Credit: Mary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org
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    Credit: Department of Plant Pathology, Penn State Univ.

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green arrowBoron Deficiency

  • Beet root develops black spots inside, and black dry-rot areas on the root surface
  • Dead cross-hatched areas may appear on the inner concave surface of leaf stalks
  • New leaves are elongated and malformed, growing more on one side than the other
  • New leaves turn brown and die
  • More common in alkaline soils
  • Symptoms develop mid to late in the season

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