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
Highly acidic soil Neutral soil Strongly alkaline soil
Sensitivity of crops to deficiencies in individual trace elements
Crop | Mg | Zn | Mn | Cu | Fe | B | Mo | S |
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Wheat | ||||||||
Barley | ||||||||
Corn | ||||||||
Rapeseed | ||||||||
Sunflower | ||||||||
Sugar beet | ||||||||
Onion | ||||||||
Potatoes | ||||||||
Vines | ||||||||
Soya |
MODERATELY SENSITIVE SENSITIVE HIGHLY SENSITIVE