plant nutrients
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hydrogen form | H2O |
| Carbon Form | CO2 |
| Oxygen Form | O2, H2O, CO2 |
| Nitrogen Form | NO3-, NH4+ |
| Nitrogen | Proteins, nucleic acids, chlorophylls |
| Potassium Form | K+ |
| Potassium | Stomata, ionic balance, osmosis |
| Calcium Form | Ca2+ |
| Calcium | Cell walls, calmodulin component |
| Magnesium Form | Mg2+ |
| Magnesium | Component of chlorophyll |
| Phosphorous Form | H2PO4-, HPO4 2- |
| Phosphorous | Energy carrying phosphate compounds (ATP), nucleic acids |
| Sulfur Form | SO4 2- |
| Sulfur | component of some amino acids, proteins, coenzyme A |
| Chlorine Form | Cl- |
| Chlorine | Pesticides, osmosis/ ionic balance, photosynthetic reactions that produce O2 |
| Iron Form | Fe 2+, Fe 3+ |
| Iron | shows how much water in soil, dyes, required for chlorophyll synthesis |
| Boron Form | H3BO3 |
| Boron | influences calcium's mobility in the plant, since it helps Ca it also helps membrane stability |
| Manganese Form | Mn2+ |
| Manganese | involved with photosynthesis |
| Zinc Form | Zn2+ |
| Zinc | Positive metal, somewhat toxic |
| Copper Form | Cu+, Cu2+ |
| Copper | positive metal, toxic, ox/red |
| Nickel Form | Ni 2+ |
| Nickel | Essential part of enzyme functioning in nitrogen metabolism |
| Molybdnenum Form | MoO4 2- |
| Molybdenum | Required for nitrogen fixation and nitrogen reduction |
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