Nutrients

Molybdenum

  • Molybdenum is an element that can boost yields by hundreds of kilograms when applied as a few grams of nutrient. 
  • It affects nitrogen metabolism through the assimilation of nitrates, protein synthesis, and the improved assimilation of airborne N in legumes – nitrogenase. 
  • This element is most commonly deficient in high-pH soil. 
  • Plants respond very well to foliar feeding with molybdenum.

 

The crops most sensitive to Mo deficiency are:

  • vegetables, 
  • legumes,
  • sugar beet,
  • oilseeds,
  • clover.

 

Less sensitive are:

  • fruit trees,
  • corn,
  • grass.
Selected molybdenum-containing products

Nutrient uptake depending on soil pH

Tabuľka živiny

Highly acidic soil Neutral soil Strongly alkaline soil

 

 

Sensitivity of crops to deficiencies in individual trace elements

CropMgZnMnCuFeBMoS
Wheat        
Barley        
Corn        
Rapeseed        
Sunflower        
Sugar beet        
Onion        
Potatoes        
Vines        
Soya        
MODERATELY SENSITIVE SENSITIVE HIGHLY SENSITIVE