Mineral Nutrition
Biology Solutions from Chapter -1 - Mineral Nutrition
This chapter describes the different minerals and nutrition required by the plants for growth. Nitrogen, iron, zinc, copper, boron and chlorine are some of the essential minerals required by plants.
Practice Other Topics from Mineral Nutrition
From this topic, we will learn about the essential nutrients based on organic and inorganic compounds. Moreover, it demonstrates the criteria for essentiality in minerals and its classification is also discussed here.
In this topic, we will study the role of macro and micronutrients in the growth, metabolism and development of the plants. It also discusses their comparison and illustrates their significance with the aid of examples.
This topic discusses the ways to study the mineral requirements of plants. It also discusses some diseases caused due to major deficiencies of mineral nutrients in plants and their symptoms.
This topic explores the essential mineral elements required by plants for their growth. It discusses the effects of excess of macronutrients and micronutrients in the plant cells. It briefs on the impact of mineral toxicity in the plants.
The topic discusses the methods that are used to study the mineral requirements of plants. It also describes about hydroponics as a technique of growing plants in a nutrient solution.
This topic explains the phases of mineral absorption in plants. It briefs on nitrogen metabolism and physical and biological nitrogen fixation in plants. A brief note on ammonification, nitrification, and denitrification is given here.
