Agriculture

Plant Nutrition

Manganese (Mn) is an important plant micronutrient and is required by plants in the second greatest quantity compared to iron. Manganese is used in plants as a major contributor to various biological systems including photosynthesis, respiration, and nitrogen assimilation.

Manganese deficiency in plants can result in reduced growth, poor fruiting, and susceptibility to diseases. Manganese deficiency is a widespread problem, most often occurring in sandy soils, organic soils with a pH above 6 and heavily weathered, tropical soils. It is typically worsened by cool and wet conditions. Numerous crop species have been reported to show high susceptibility to Mn deficiency in soils, or a very positive response to Mn fertilization, including cereal crops (wheat, barley and oats), legumes (common beans, peas and soybean), stone fruits (apples, cherries and peaches), palm crops, citrus, potatoes, sugar beets and canola, among others.

Animal Feed

Manganese is a vital trace mineral that plays an important role in animal health and nutrition. In the animal body, Mn is widespread but is concentrated in bone and liver.

Manganese is essential for the maintenance and production of the mucopolysaccharide of the organic matrix of the bone. Thus Mn is essential for bone formation and health. Consequently, Mn-deficient animals have normal tendon growth but slow or abnormal bone growth. This leads to symptoms such as perosis (slipped tendon) in chicks and crooked calf in young ruminants. In dogs, a neurological syndrome of gait disorders is common and indicative of Mn-induced injury to the extrapyramidal motor system in the brain.

• Manganese Dioxide
• Manganese Sulphate
• Manganese Carbonate