Identifying And Correcting Manganese Deficiency In Soybeans

By David Moseley, Parvej, Md Rasel, Dodla, Syam

LSU AgCenter

There are symptoms of manganese (Mn) deficiency in soybean appearing in some areas. The symptom of Mn deficiency is interveinal chlorosis (figures 1 and 2). If Mn is deficient, the symptoms will first appear in the young leaves; however, the entire plant can appear pale green. The symptom of interveinal chlorosis from Mn deficiency can sometimes be confused with Iron deficiency

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