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Download PDF In-season tissue testing combined with targeted nutrition offers an effective way of improving crop resilience and maximising yield potential. CPM discovers how. Once you see deficiency symptoms in the crop, you’ve already lost half the battle. By Paul Spackman Prevention is better than cure for many aspects of crop husbandry, none more so than nutrition. Keeping crops well-nourished from sowing right through the growing season is fundamental to promoting strong, healthy growth, yet knowing exactly what a crop needs at each stage of the season requires an extra level of detail. “Soil testing provides a good snapshot of soil nutrient status, but it doesn’t tell you whether plants are accessing those nutrients,” says FMC commercial technical manager, Chris Bond. “That’s where tissue testing offers a really valuable tool for understanding what is happening in the crop at a specific point in the season and what the plant is actually able to access.” Magnesium, deficient in this wheat, is the most leachable of the large cations. This information helps fine-tune nutritional strategies to individual situations and can prevent crops becoming deficient in any of the 17 essential elements plants need. Testing data shows many crops, even some of the…
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