It acts in the photochemical breakdown of water and oxygen routing, essential factors for the photosynthetic process. It accelerates germination and increases the plants’ resistance to drought, benefiting the root system.
Deficiency – Plants have very distinct longitudinal bands of green and yellow tissue from the middle to the tips of the leaves; in severe cases, the leaf completely loses its green color, becoming uniformly chlorotic; in the whitish regions, necrotic spots may appear, which coalesce to produce continuous streaks of dead tissue. Appearance of yellow streaks along the veins and thinner leaves.