Question

Ch 1 nutrition in plants answer

Answer 1

plant nutrition is the study of chemical elements and compounds necessary for plant growth, metabolism and their external supply....⭐

The essential plant nutrition include carbon, oxygen and hydrogen which are absorbed from the air, whereas other nutrients including nitrogen are typically obtained from the soil....⭐

There are seventeen most important nutrients for plants:

1..⭐
Nitrogen
2...⭐
phosphorous
3...⭐
potassium
4...⭐
calcium
5...⭐
magnesium
6...⭐
sulfur
7...⭐
carbon
8...⭐
nickel
9...⭐
oxygen
10...⭐
copper
11...⭐
hydrogen
12...⭐
molybdenum
13...⭐
zinc
14...⭐
manganese
15...⭐
chlorine
16...⭐
boron
and
17 ...⭐
iron

These elements stay beneath soil as salt, so plants consume these elements as ion...⭐

Green plants obtain their carbohydrates from the carbon dioxide in the air by the process of photosynthesis. each of nutrients is used in a different place for a different essential function...⭐

plants take up essential elements from the soil through their roots and from the air (mainly consisting of nitrogen and oxygen) through their leaves...⭐