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How plants get nutrients ? |
| Answer» GET nutrients by three ways : 1) From soil 2) From Water 3) From air There are 17 essential nutrients required by the plants . The ESSENTIALITY of a nutrients depends on : • It should be necessary for normal growth and reproduction . In their absence , plants cannot complete their life cycle .• They should be not replaceable. • They should be DIRECTLY involved in plant metabolism. Out of these 17 nutrients , 2 nutrients ( Carbon and Oxygen) are derived from air , 1 (Hydrogen) from water and 14 from Soil . These nutrients are divided into MACRONUTRIENT (9 in number) which are required in large quantities and micronutrients (8 in number) required in SMALL quantities. | |