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With a [[Phosphate]] '''deficiency''' the [[leaf|leaves]] grow dark and are regularly lost. Often the younger [[leaf|leaves]] are purple.
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |With a [[Phosphate]] '''deficiency''' the [[leaf|leaves]] grow dark and are regularly lost. Often the younger [[leaf|leaves]] are purple.
====Potassium Deficiency====
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |With a [[Potassium]] '''deficiency''' the tips and edges of young [[leaf|leaves]] are yellow. Over time more yellow patches or dead areas appear on the [[leaf|leaves]].]]
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====Manganese Deficiency====
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |With a [[Manganese]] '''deficiency''' yellow spots and holes appear between the [[Plant Vein|plant veins]].]]
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====Magnesium Deficiency====
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |With a [[Magnesium]] '''deficiency''' the lower [[leaf|leaves]] develop a yellow area which grows from the tips of the [[leaf|leaves]] spreading over the whole [[leaf]] while the [[Plant Vein|veins]] remain green.]]
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===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945954&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=100574c08fbbb64318256eb79ed61a76 ''Deficiency diseases (in plants), page 151, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA '']