Functions and deficiency symptoms of potassium
○ Functions of potassium
- Favors tillering & increases grain size & weight
- Increases phosphorus response
- Renders resistance to diseases like blast
○ Deficiency symptoms of potassium
- Stunted plants & tillering slightly reduced
- Short, droopy & dark green leaves
- Brown spots develop on dark green leaves
- Irregular necrotic spots may develop on panicles
- Long thin panicles form
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