Trace Element disorders in South Australian Agriculture

The successful development of modern agricultural industries in most regions of South Australia could not have been achieved without the discovery and correction of trace element deficiencies in crops, pastures, horticultural tree and vegetable crops, plantation forests and livestock. Over the past eight decades, the low trace element status of many SA agricultural soils has been demonstrated repeatedly and often multiple deficiencies were identified. Their amelioration with trace element fertilisers (together with macronutrients, phosphorus (P), nitrogen (N), potassium (K) and/or sulphur (S)) led to: