Tomato plant requires both macro and micronutrients for healthy growth. Nutrients are provided using organic and chemical sources. Nutrient requirement depends on fertility of the soil or other alternative growth medium. Hybrid varieties of tomato take more nutrients than local varieties. Farm Yard Manure (FYM), Phosphatic and Potashic fertilizers are applied in the beginning. Green manuring, farmyard manure, oilseed cake like neem cake and bio-fertilizers provide essential plant nutrients. Introduction:

Nitrogen Leaves remains small, pale green to yellow. Top leaves become yellowish green with purple veins and stem becomes thick and hard. Management Application of nitrogenous fertilizers based on soil test and if necessary foliar sprays of nitrogen (urea). Deficiency Symptoms Of Nutrients Deficiency Symptoms of Nitrogen

Seedling growth remains stunted with delayed maturity. Leaves become dark green, inter vain tissues becomes purple colored from underside. Stems become slender, fibrous and hard. Management Application of Phosphatic fertilizers based on soil test at the time of land preparation. Phosphorus Deficiency Symptoms Of Phosphorous

Seedlings stem becomes smaller, leaves become stunted and spiked with short inter nodes and slow growth of leaf petioles Potassium Deficiency Symptoms Of Potassium Young leaves becomes wrinkled and curled. Older leaves turned chlorotic and bronzed. Leaf margins turn brown and tissues between the veins dies off. Management Application of Potashic fertilizers based on soil test at the time of land preparation.

Iron deficiency found in calcareous soils or high carbonated irrigation water where young leaves becomes chlorotic with pale yellow mottling at the base of leaves and spreading upward. Iron Deficiency Symptoms of Iron Management Spray 0.25 % Ferrous Sulphate at weekly interval till new leaves do not show iron deficiency symptoms.

Plants growth stunted with yellow inter veinal mottling. Necrotic inter veinal areas occur in the older leaves. Management Spray 0.25 % Zinc Sulphate twice at weekly intervals. Soil application of Zinc 50 kg/ha is recommended. Zinc Deficiency Symptoms of Zinc

Magnesium deficiency seen on lower and older leaves. Leaf veins remain green while leaf lamina turns yellow. Nitrogen deficiency increases the Magnesium deficiency in soils. Management Spray 0.5 % Magnesium sulphate twice at weekly intervals. Check Nitrogen levels in the soil and correct it if necessary. Magnesium Deficiency Symptoms of Magnesium