Nickel Nutrition in Plants

Guodong Liu, E. H. Simonne, and Yuncong Li

Release Date: 3/17/2024

Agriculture

Abstract

This 5-page fact sheet introduces agricultural and horticultural producers to the role and function of the newest identified essential plant nutrient, nickel (Ni).

About this Publication

This document is HS1191, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date June 2011. Revised April 2017, March 2020, and February 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Guodong Liu, associate professor, Horticultural Sciences Department; E. H. Simonne, professor, Horticultural Sciences Department, and director, Northeast District Cooperative Extension Service; and Yuncong Li, professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.