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Other disorders
Salinity
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Often occurs in patches with most severe symptoms in the centre.
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Stunted plants with yellowish discolouration.
Lentils are highly sensitive to salinity.
Plants are stunted with yellowish discolouration followed by bright red pigmentation. Nodulation is poor or not present. Where severe, seedlings fail to emerge.
Where the water table rises after establishment, the crop stops growing, leaves drop and plants die.
Avoid sowing on areas at risk or irrigated with saline water.
M Materne, VDPI