Symptoms
Symptoms always start on youngest leaves with yellow or pale yellow intercostal chlorosis. With prolonged deficiency also veins turn yellow and necrotic areas appear on leaf margins.
Iron deficiency has little effect on fruits. Only with severe deficiency sepals show yellow areas or brown tips.
Reasons
Iron deficiency on leaves and fruits
Leaf symptoms may be confused with magnesium or manganese deficiency. But in this case interveinal yellowing does not start on youngest leaves.
Strawberries - Chlorosis
Symptoms
Chlorosis of young leaves with veins remaining green. Leaves become more chlorotic and bleached as deficiency worsens.
Eventually leaf margins and interveinal areas become necrotic.
Reasons
Iron Deficiency
Iron deficient leaf blades contain less than 40ppm iron on dry basis.
Damage to root system by waterlogging or root damage can produce similar symptoms.
Strawberries - Growth retardation
Symptoms
Symptoms always start on youngest leaves with yellow or pale yellow intercostal chlorosis. With ongoing deficiency also veins turn yellow and necrotic areas appear on leaf margins and spread over whole leaves.
Plant growth is stunted.
Reasons
Severe iron deficiency on leaves
Iron deficient leaf blades contain less than 40ppm iron on dry basis.
May be confused with magnesium or manganese deficiency, but in these cases interveinal yellowing does not start on youngest leaves.
Damage to root system by waterlogging or root damage can produce similar symptoms as well.
Strawberries - Growth retardation
Symptoms
Symptoms always start on youngest leaves with yellow or pale yellow intercostal chlorosis. With ongoing deficiency also veins turn yellow, while the intercostal tissue becomes almost white. Necrotic areas appear on leaf margins and spread over whole leaves.
Plant growth is stunted.
Reasons
Severe iron deficiency on leaves
Iron deficient leaf blades contain less than 40ppm iron on dry basis.
May be confused with magnesium or manganese deficiency, but in these cases interveinal yellowing does not start on youngest leaves.
Damage to root system by waterlogging or root damage can produce similar symptoms as well.
Strawberries - Chlorosis
Symptoms
Symptoms always start on youngest leaves with yellow or pale yellow intercostal chlorosis. With ongoing deficiency also veins turn yellow and necrotic areas appear on leaf margins and spread over whole leaves.
Plant growth is stunted.
Reasons
Iron deficiency
May be confused with magnesium or manganese deficiency, but in these cases interveinal yellowing does not start on youngest leaves.
Damage to root system by waterlogging or root damage can produce similar symptoms. Fe availibility declines as pH increases above 6.5.
Iron deficient leaf blades contain less than 40 ppm Fe on dry basis.
Strawberries - Chlorosis
Symptoms
Symptoms always start on youngest leaves with yellow or pale yellow intercostal chlorosis. With ongoing deficiency also veins turn yellow and necrotic areas appear on leaf margins and spread over whole leaves.
Plant growth is stunted.
Reasons
Iron deficiency
May be confused with magnesium or manganese deficiency, but in these cases interveinal yellowing does not start on youngest leaves.
Damage to root system by waterlogging or root damage can produce similar symptoms. Fe availibility declines as pH increases above 6.5.
Iron deficient leaf blades contain less than 40 ppm Fe on dry basis.
Strawberries - Chlorosis
Symptoms
Symptoms always start on youngest leaves with yellow or pale yellow intercostal chlorosis. With ongoing deficiency also veins turn yellow and necrotic areas appear on leaf margins and spread over whole leaves.
Plant growth is stunted.
Reasons
Iron deficiency (right)
May be confused with magnesium or manganese deficiency, but in these cases interveinal yellowing does not start on youngest leaves.
Damage to root system by waterlogging or root damage can produce similar symptoms. Fe availibility declines as pH increases above 6.5.
Iron deficient leaf blades contain less than 40 ppm Fe on dry basis.
Strawberries - Chlorosis
Symptoms
Symptoms always start on youngest leaves with yellow or pale yellow intercostal chlorosis. With ongoing deficiency also veins turn yellow and necrotic areas appear on leaf margins and spread over whole leaves.
Plant growth is stunted.
Reasons
Iron deficiency
May be confused with magnesium or manganese deficiency, but in these cases interveinal yellowing does not start on youngest leaves.
Damage to root system by waterlogging or root damage can produce similar symptoms. Fe availibility declines as pH increases above 6.5.
Iron deficient leaf blades contain less than 40 ppm Fe on dry basis.
