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Mineral Nutrition
Mineral Nutrition
Present in excess of 10
mmole/kg of dry wt.
C, H, O, N, P, K, S, Ca,
Macronutrients Mg
N requirement is the
greatest
Less than 10 mmole/kg of
dry wt.
Fe3+ - Catalase
Absorbed as Fe3+
Electron transport
Iron proteins- ferredoxin,
cytochromes
Formation of chlorophyll
Absorbed as Mg2+
Manganese Splitting of water during
photosynthesis
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Absorbed as Zn2+
Synthesis of auxin
Zinc
Activation of
carboxylases, alcohol
dehydrogenase
Absorbed as BO33- and
B4O72-
Carbohydrate translocation
Absorbed as MoO22+
Absorbed as Cl-
Na, K, Mg
Actively mobile
elements Deficiency symptoms first
in older tissues
Ca, S
Immobile elements Deficiency symptoms
first in younger tissues
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Death of tissue
Necrosis Due to deficiency of
Ca, Mg, Cu, K
Due to deficiency of N,
Delay in flowering S, Mo
Chlorotic veins
surrounded by brown
spots
Manganese toxicity
Induces deficiency of
Fe, Mg and Ca
Ammonia to nitrite
(NO2-) by Nitromonas,
Nitococcus
Nitrification
Nitrite to nitrate (NO3-)
by Nitrobacter
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Nitrate is reduced to
nitrogen by
Denitrification Pseudomonas,
Thiobacillus
Atmospheric nitrogen
Biological nitrogen is converted to
fixation ammonia by
nitrogenase enzymes
Converts atmospheric
nitrogen to ammonia
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Mostly as amides-
Transportation of asparagine and glutamine
through xylem
nitrogen
As ureides in soybean