MINERAL NUTRITION Flashcards
FIRST STABLE PRODUCT OF N2 FIXATION
NH3
O2 SCAVENGER (nodules)
LEGHAEMOGLOBIN
HYDROPONICS DISCOVERED BY
JULIUS VON SACHS
FREE LIVING + AEROBIC BACTERIA
- AZOTOBACTER
2. BEIJERINCKIA
FREE LIVING + ANAEROBIC BACTERIA
RHIDOSPIRILLUM
FREE LIVING CYANOBACTERIA
- ANABAENA
2. NOSTOC
LEGUMES - BACTERIA RELATIONSHIP
RHIZOBIUM
NON- LEGUMES - BACTERIA RELATIONSHIP
FRANKIA
EX. OF LEGUME- BACTERIA
- ALFALFA
- SWEET PEA
- SWEET CLOVER
- LENTILS
- GARDEN PEA
- BROAD BEAN
- CLOVER BEANS
EX. NON- LEGUMES -BACTERIA
ALNUS
ORGANIC N2 TO NH3
AMMONIFICATION
NO3 TO N2
DENITRIFICATION
N2 TO NH3
N2 FIXATION
N2 TO NO3
NITRIFICATION
CHLOROSIS ELEMENTS
N. K. S. Mg. Mn. Zn. Fe. Mo
INHIBITION OF CELL DIVISION
N. K. S. Mo
DELAYED FLOWERING
N. S. Mo
NECROSIS
K. Cu. Ca. Mg
1°/ INITIATIVE PHASE
APOPLAST + PASSIVE
2°/ METABOLIC PHASE
SYMPLAST + ACTIVE
NH3 TO NO2 ( bacteria)
NITROSOMONAS + NITROCOCCUS
NO2 TO NO3 (bacteria)
NITROBACTER
NO3 TO N2 ( bacteria)
PSEUDOMONAS + THIOBACILLUS
LIMITING NUTRIENT FOR NATURAL AND AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM
N2
MICRONUTRIENTS WHICH CAN REVERSIBLY OXIDISE
- Fe = Fe2+ to Fe3+
2. Cu = Cu+ to Cu2+
EX. OF HYDROPONICS
- TOMATO
- SEEDLESS CUCUMBER
- LETTUCE
TOXICITY
TISSUE DRY WT. REDUCED BY 10%
Mn TOXICITY
BROWN SPOTS + CHLOROTIC VEINS