what is the role of minerals in plants?
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Plants need minerals as nutrients to thrive, survive, and grow, and to perform the basic functions of the plants like metabolic activities, flowering, etc.
Basic macronutrients like carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen: Form the structural unit of plant cells and are involved in almost most of the basic functions of the plants like photosynthesis.
Phosphorous and magnesium: Synthesize ATP molecules.
Zinc: Activate plant enzymes like alcohol dehydrogenase, carboxylase, in plant metabolism, synthesis of auxin
Potassium: Control of opening and closing of stomata during transpiration.
Magnesium: RNA and DNA synthesis and maintains ribosomes in plant cells, activates metabolic enzymes
Sulphur: Constituent of many vitamins, co-enzymes, and ferredoxin
Iron: Electron transfer, activates enzyme catalase, chlorophyll synthesis
Manganese: Release of oxygen during photosynthesis and activates respiratory and photosynthesis enzymes.
Copper: Enhances calcium uptake, redox reactions
Boron: Pollen germination, membrane structure and functioning, cell division
Molybdenum: Nitrogen metabolism, activates enzyme nitrogenase, balances anion and cations in cells