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Agronomy Fact Sheet Series Manganese Introduction affecting Mn uptake. Waterlogged soils may Manganese (Mn) is one of nine essential have excessively high soluble Mn because micronutrients for plant growth. It is needed in of chemical reduction of Mn oxides to chloroplast formation and photosynthesis, soluble Mn2+. nitrogen metabolism, and synthesis of various  Other nutrients and heavy metals: high enzymes. Most New York mineral soils contain amounts of copper (Cu), iron (Fe), nickel adequate quantities of Mn for crop growth and (Ni), and zinc (Zn) in soils may inhibit Mn Mn deficiency is not a common micronutrient uptake by plants and induce Mn deficiency. problem in New York field crops. However, deficiencies can occur in high pH soils (or Manganese deficiency recently limed soils) and in organic (muck) Field crops with a high Mn requirement include soils. In this factsheet we describe the Mn soybeans, wheat, barley, and oats. Corn has a cycle and Mn deficiency symptoms, and give medium Mn requirement. Manganese is highly guidance for Mn management for field crops. immobile in the plant so Mn deficiency symptoms are first seen in the young leaves. A Manganese cycle Mn deficiency is recognized by interveinal Manganese in soils is present in three chlorosis (yellowing between the veins of the oxidation states: Mn+2, Mn+3 and Mn+4 of which lea