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Ananya Shree

Class 11th
Biology
2 years ago

Write the role of different elements in a plant?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

The essential elements of the plant include micronutrients and macronutrients for plant growth and development. The Plants various elements for growth including carbon (C), hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), sulfur (S), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), boron (B), chlorine (Cl), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), and zinc (Zn) (1) Maintaining the osmotic pressure in the plant cells. (2) Nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus are required for compounds of proteins. Magnesium plays a vital part in the constituents of chlorophyll. (3) Balancing pH levels. 4) Elements increase or decrease the permeability of the plasma membrane. (5) They have balancing functions reactions – some of the minerals balance the effects of the other.

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