NUTRIENT TRANSPOKI- A journey to optimal development

摘要

Plants are living, breathing and producing organisms. Just like any other living creature, they require nutrients with which they maintain their physiological processes and continue to develop. These crucial compounds aretransported around the plant through complex piping systems. Understanding the factors that affect these systems can enhance the well-being of a crop, producing larger, higher quality yields.In nature, the plants equivalent of food is found in the ground with the most basic building blocks being nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium, sulphur, magnesium, oxygen, hydrogen and carbon. These compounds are taken in along with the water absorbed by the roots, with the exception of carbon, which is absorbed by leaves as carbon dioxide in the air, as part of the plant's respiratory system.