Abstract
Despite a diverse array of micronutrient fertilizers is manufactured in the world, plant nutritional disorders remain a challenge for many growers. In Brazil, boron (B), zinc (Zn) and manganese (Mn) are the most limiting micronutrients to citrus production. In the soil, B is prone to leaching losses and the metallic nutrients are less available to the plants due to the lower mobility and high fixation to the colloids of the clay fraction. Therefore, foliar applications have represented a major strategy for micronutrient supply to citrus trees, even though; efficiency of such practice is still debated. Differential agronomic responses of sources are attributed to the companion ion of the chemical species, the solubility in water and the particle size of the fertilizer granules. The purpose of this review is to discuss the role of sparingly soluble fertilizer in the nutrition of citrus plants. The development of suspension concentrates, based on sparingly soluble inorganic micronutrient sources, is the single most significant advance in technology recently that has resulted in a wide range of commercial products for growers. The sparingly soluble sources when applied to the soil reduce adsorption of the metal. In foliar sprays, the particles adhered to the leaf surface can serve as a solid phase to restore the micronutrient supply during a prolonged growth phase of the leaf. In both situations, the gradual release of the nutrients may reduce absorption rate and the risk of phytotoxicity. Satisfactory results for the use of sparingly soluble sources were demonstrated, but further studies are necessary to validate the efficacy of foliar application of sparingly soluble sources, which will enable the registration of these products with the official regulatory agencies and allow the recommendation to the citrus growers.
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Claim · model-written summary
Boron, zinc and manganese are limiting micronutrients for citrus production in Brazil.
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e0“In Brazil, boron (B), zinc (Zn) and manganese (Mn) are the most limiting micronutrients to citrus production”
Claim · model-written summary
Boron is prone to soil leaching, and metallic micronutrients have lower plant availability.
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e0“In the soil, B is prone to leaching losses and the metallic nutrients are less available to the plants due to the lower mobility and high fixation to the colloids of the clay fraction”
t0“citrus”
Claim · model-written summary
Suspension concentrates of sparingly soluble inorganic micronutrients have yielded a wide range of commercial products.
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e0“The development of suspension concentrates, based on sparingly soluble inorganic micronutrient sources, is the single most significant advance in technology recently that has resulted in a wide range of commercial products for growers”
t0“citrus”
Claim · model-written summary
Soil application of sparingly soluble sources reduces metal adsorption.
- Treatment
- sparingly soluble sources when applied to the soile0
- Outcome
- adsorption of the metale0
- Direction
- reducee0
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e0“The sparingly soluble sources when applied to the soil reduce adsorption of the metal”
t0“citrus”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar particles can sustain micronutrient supply over prolonged leaf growth.
- Organ / stage
- leafe0
- Outcome
- restore the micronutrient supplye0
- Qualifier
- particles adhered to the leaf surfacee0
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e0“the particles adhered to the leaf surface can serve as a solid phase to restore the micronutrient supply during a prolonged growth phase of the leaf”
t0“citrus”
Claim · model-written summary
Gradual nutrient release may lower absorption rate and phytotoxicity risk.
- Outcome
- absorption rate and the risk of phytotoxicitye0
- Direction
- reducee0
- Qualifier
- gradual release of the nutrientse0
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e0“gradual release of the nutrients may reduce absorption rate and the risk of phytotoxicity”
t0“citrus”
Claim · model-written summary
The review reports satisfactory results for sparingly soluble sources.
- Outcome
- Satisfactory results for the use of sparingly soluble sourcese0
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e0“Satisfactory results for the use of sparingly soluble sources were demonstrated”
t0“citrus”
Claim · model-written summary
Further studies are needed to validate foliar efficacy before recommending these products to citrus growers.
- Outcome
- further studies are necessary to validate the efficacy of foliar application of sparingly soluble sourcese0
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Verbatim
e0“further studies are necessary to validate the efficacy of foliar application of sparingly soluble sources, which will enable the registration of these products with the official regulatory agencies and allow the recommendation to the citrus growers”