Transcription of Essential Nutrients for Plant Growth: Nutrient Functions ...
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31 Plant Nutrient Management in Hawaii s SoilsPlants, like all other living things, need food for theirgrowth and development. Plants require 16 essen-tial elements. Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are de-rived from the atmosphere and soil water. The remain-ing 13 Essential elements (nitrogen, phosphorus, po-tassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, iron, zinc, man-ganese, copper, boron, molybdenum, and chlorine) aresupplied either from soil minerals and soil organicmatter or by organic or inorganic plants to utilize these Nutrients efficiently, light,heat, and water must be adequately supplied.
leaves may show symptoms first. However, defi-ciency is not commonly found in most plants. • Growth rate is retarded and maturity is delayed. • Plant stems are stiff, thin, and woody. • Symptoms may be similar to N deficiency and are
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