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Why is that in certain plants deficiency symptoms appear first in parts of the plants while in others, they do so in mature organs?

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In certain plants, the deficiency symptom appears first in the younger part of the plant, due to the immobile nature of certain minerals like calcium, sulphur, iron, boron and copper.
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