Zinc has an effect on plant metabolism as it is an enzyme activator.
Deficiency – The symptoms of deficiency of this nutrient are characterized by the formation of short internodes, which result in small shoots in the form of a rosette, resulting from the action of zinc on auxins.
Symptoms may appear only on some branches of the plant. The leaves are smaller, narrow and stiffer than the normal ones, showing interveinal chlorosis.
