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Soil nutrients
Term | Definition |
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essential elements | carbon, hydrogen, oxygen |
Macronutrients | required in large amounts |
Micronutrients | zinc is an example of a nutrient required by soils in small amounts. |
Cholorisis | The yellowing of plant leaves |
Nitrogen | Needed to make chlorophyll to produce dark green vegetation, |
phosphorus deficient | blue/purple on the leaves |
function of phosphorus | transfer of energy in the plant |
potassium | K |
function of potassium | regulates the stomata |
scorched leaves + lodging | signs of not enough potassium in the soil |
lodging | when a cereal crop bends over and lies flat on the ground |
Glucose | C6H12O6 |
Iron | Aneamia in pigs |
Zinc | Low cereal crop yields. |
Manganese | grey specks on oats |
copper | swayback in sheep |