ROLE OF NUTRIENTS IN PLANT METABOLISM

Depending on the content of each nutrient within the plant tissue, they are classified into macronutrients, mesonutrients or intermediate nutrients and micronutrients.

  • The deficiency of these elements makes it impossible for the plant to complete its life cycle.

  • Each element has a specific and irreplaceable function in the plant's metabolism.

  • The deficiency is specific to the element in question
MACRONUTRIENTS

N

Nitrogen
(N)

P

Phosphorus
(P2O5)

K

Potassium
(K2O)

MESONUTRIENTS

Ca

Football
(That)

Mg

Magnesium
(MgO)

S

Sulfur
(SO3)

MICRONUTRIENTS

Fe

Iron
(Faith)

Zn

Zinc
(Zn)

Mn

Manganese
(mn)

Cu

Copper
(cu)

B

Boron
(B)

Mo

Molybdenum
(Mon)

LIEBIG'S LAW OF THE MINIMUM

If a plant is deficient in any of the elements necessary for its development, this defect will limit its development and production, no matter how well nourished it is with any other element.
No matter how high the standards are, if one is insufficient, water, which symbolizes growth, will never fill the barrel. The same thing happens with plants: if we have a significant deficiency in a nutrient, whether micro or macro, it will limit the growth of the crop, no matter how well the plant is fertilized with the other nutrients.