Like other micronutrients we’ve discussed, manganese is a mighty mite. It requires only 10 ppm to 25 ppm in the soil, but it packs a punch. Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie has observed 5 bu.

The protein BICAT3 is one of the most important manganese distributors in plants. If defective, this can have devastating effects on a plant's growth; its leaves grow significantly smaller and it ...

Farmers try to balance the big three nutrients for plant growth: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, since they are known to ...

Every living organism needs the element manganese as an essential nutrient. In plants, for example, it plays a major role in breaking down water into oxygen and hydrogen during photosynthesis. A team ...

Annals of Botany, Vol. 116, No. 3, Highlight on Orchid Biology (September 2015), pp. 313-319 (7 pages) Background Manganese (Mn) is an essential micronutrient that is phytotoxic under certain edaphic ...

SPECULATION on a possible explanation of the difference in ascorbic acid contents of different plants led me to the idea that this difference may be due to the activating influence on the synthesis of ...

Soil acidity and waterlogging increase manganese (Mn) in leaf tissues to potentially toxic concentrations, an effect reportedly alleviated by increased silicon (Si) and phosphorus (P) supply.Effects ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - The water at the Shreveport Water and Treatment Plant is normally brown, the same color as Cross Lake until it's filtered and treated with ozone. "We are working diligently, and I ...

I HAVE adduced evidence 1 that manganese has a specific role in the synthesis of ascorbic acid by plants and animals. Until now the evidence of the synthesis of ascorbic acid in presence of manganese ...