Nutrients

Copper

  • Copper is a component in numerous enzymes, many of which serve an essential purpose for the plant. 
  • The importance of copper in the plant is related to reproductive processes. 
  • “A few grams of copper” can often boost the production potential of many crops by hundreds of kilograms. 
  • As a rule of thumb, soils with higher humus content experience a greater Cu deficiency.

 

Copper fertilisation can be seen to have the most pronounced effect on:

  • cereals,
  • vegetables,
  • fruit trees,
  • legumes.
Selected copper-containing products

Nutrient uptake depending on soil pH

Tabuľka živiny

Highly acidic soil Neutral soil Strongly alkaline soil

 

 

Sensitivity of crops to deficiencies in individual trace elements

CropMgZnMnCuFeBMoS
Wheat        
Barley        
Corn        
Rapeseed        
Sunflower        
Sugar beet        
Onion        
Potatoes        
Vines        
Soya        
MODERATELY SENSITIVE SENSITIVE HIGHLY SENSITIVE