Question

I heard that magnesium is found in plants. In what form is it found in them?

Answer 1

Magnesium is a fundamental component since it has particular metabolic functions in plants. When it will truant, plants will show deficiency symptoms.

Magnesium plays a critical part in plant development. It is one of the macronutrients (mineral supplements required by plants in sums more than 10 millimoles/gram of dry weight) that plants take up from the soil. Magnesium is consumed by the plants as divalent magnesium ion.

- It helps in the initiation of compounds engaged with photosynthesis and respiration.

- It is engaged with the combination of DNA and RNA.

- It is a constituent of the structure of chlorophyll.

- It helps in keeping up the ribosome structure.

Answer 2

Answer:

Magnesium is the powerhouse behind photosynthesis in plants. Without magnesium, chlorophyll cannot capture sun energy needed for photosynthesis. In short, magnesium is required to give leaves their green color. Magnesium in plants is located in the enzymes, in the heart of the chlorophyll molecule.