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Mango (Mangifera indica L.) trees are extremely sensitive to Fe-deficiency. Severe Fe-deficiencies are common in mango groves located on sandy, low-carbonate soils in Israel, on which other species do not exhibit Fe-deficiencies. A greenhouse pot experiment was conducted to determine response of two mango rootstocks to several soil or foliar treatments. A combined soil application of ferric hydroxide or FeSO4 with FeEDDHA resulted in much greater plant response than FeEDDHA or FeSO4 each applied alone to soil. It has been postulated by others that the EDDHA chelate serves as a cyclic transporter of Fe in the soil to the plant roots, which may account for its demonstrated efficiency as a Fe source in most Fe-deficient soils. Apparently, the level of labile Fe in the sandy, low-carbonate soil was too low to provide sufficient Fe to mango, even with the application of FeEDDHA. However, soil application of either of two inorganic Fe sources along with FeEDDHA resulted in significantly greater crop response, suggesting that EDDHA acted as a cyclic transporter of soil Fe, as postulated.
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Shenker, M., Chen, Y., Gazit, S. (1991). Iron deficiency in mango trees. In: Chen, Y., Hadar, Y. (eds) Iron Nutrition and Interactions in Plants. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3294-7_40
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