If a plant shows interveinal chlorosis only in its older leaves, the most likely deficient element is:
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Correct answer: Magnesium
Magnesium is a mobile element and the central atom of chlorophyll. When it is scarce, it is moved from older leaves to younger ones, causing interveinal chlorosis in the older leaves first.
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