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Deficiency symptoms tend to appear first in_____whenever the essential elements are relatively immobile and are not transported out of the mature organs.

A

younger tissues

B

older tissues

C

roots

D

shoots

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The deficiency symptoms tend to appear first in the young tissues whenever the elements are relatively immobile and are not transported out of the mature organs, for example, elements like sulphur (S) and calcium (Ca) are a part of the structural components of the cell and hence are not easily released.
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