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
In this topic, we will learn the methods to study the mineral requirements of plants. It also explains the concept of hydroponics which is a technique of growing plants in nutrient solution.
In this topic, we will study about the essential mineral nutrients with the criteria for essentiality and its classification into macro and micronutrients. It also discusses the roles of macro and micronutrients with its deficiency symptoms.
The topic discusses the translocation of solutes through xylem. It also describes the movement of water and mineral salts in xylem.
This topic discusses the mechanism of absorption of elements by plants. It also describes that the process of absorption can be demarcated into two main phases.
In this topic, we will get to know the essentiality of soil in the growth of plant which provides nutrients to the plant. It mentions the roles of soil including nitrogen fixing bacteria, holding water and supplying macro and micronutrients.
In this topic, we will discuss the metabolism of nitrogen in plants. This process is conducted through the nitrogen cycle and biological nitrogen fixation.
