Read the following deficiency symptoms of micronutrients in plants.
I. Loosening of inflorescence in Cauliflower.
II. Apical necrosis of young leaves (reclamation disease).
III. Bronze colour in leaves
IV. Upper half a lamina falls down (whiptail disease)
V. Legume cotyledons with brownish spots (marsh spot disease)
Pick out the symptoms caused by the deficiency of molybdenium and choose the correct option.

II, IV and V

I, III and IV

III and II

I and IV

Solution

I and IV

Molybdenum is a micronutrient found everywhere in plants more commonly in roots. Its major functions include nitrogen metabolism, ascorbic acid synthesis and oxidation reduction reaction. Its deficiency causes mottled chlorosis with marginal necrosis, whiptail diseases, etc.