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Plant Nutrition
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/22/2014

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Term
Autotrophs
Definition

Do not eat from other sources

Nourished by simple molecules drawn from environment

Term
CHOPKNS CaFeMg
Definition
Mneumonic device for remembering macronutrients
Term

In proteins, nucleic acids

 

Definition
Functions of nitrogen
Term
In nucleic acids, ATP, phospholipids
Definition
Functions of phosphorous
Term

Enzyme activation

Water balance

Ion balance

Stomatal opening

Definition
Functions of potassium
Term

Affects the cytoskeleton, membranes, and many enzymes

Second messenger

Definition
Functions of calcium
Term

In chlorophyll

Required by many enzymes

Stabilizes ribosomes

Definition
Functions of magnesium
Term
Parasitism
Definition
Roots of plant grow into host plant to take nutrients
Term
Nitrogen
Definition
_____ is often the most limiting mineral element
Term
nitrogenase
Definition
Bacteria have ____ to break N≡N into NH3 and eventually NO3- for plants to use
Term
Carnivory
Definition
Modified leaves to capture animals and digest for nitrogen
Term
Rhizobium
Definition

Symbiotic bacteria

Converts N2 in ammonium

Plants provide carbs

Angiosperms- legumes

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