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Which of the following nutrient is related with deficiency symptoms like discoloration of leaf buds, breaking and dropping of buds?

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Boron is essential for healthy bud development; its deficiency causes discoloration and bud drop.
  • Boron
  • Molybdenum
  • Iron
  • Magnesium
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Boron deficiency leads to terminal bud death, discoloration of leaf buds, and brittle tissues. It plays a critical role in cell wall formation and reproductive development in plants.
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Comparing deficiency symptoms: Molybdenum deficiency typically shows as whiptail or scorching of leaf margins; iron deficiency causes interveinal chlorosis of young leaves; magnesium deficiency causes interveinal chlorosis of older leaves.
None of these three matches discolouration and breaking or dropping of leaf buds.
Boron, however, is essential for cell wall integrity and meristematic tissue development, and its deficiency specifically causes bud discolouration, brittleness, and death or dropping of terminal and lateral buds, matching the description exactly.
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